Ancient Mesopotamian civilization (7)

I believe the answer is:

assyria

(Other definitions for assyria that I've seen before include "Ancient Semitic kingdom" , "Nineveh its capital" , "Ancient empire of Iraq" , "expansionist kingdom" , "old kingdom" .)

I've seen this clue in The New York Times.

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