(Συρία/Syría, Συρίη/Syríē, Hdt. 2,12; 116; Ἀσσυρία/Assyría; Latin Syria, Assyria).
I. Geography
The use of the geographical term S. requires further definition, because S. did not constitute an independent political territory throughout the historical period of the Ancient Near East. Polycentricity and incorporation in other systems of rule only came to an end…