Arameans 阿拉米人
(重定向自Aramaean)
The ancient Arameans, or Aramaeans, (Aramaic:ܐܪ̈ܡܝܐ, ʼaramáyé) were a Northwest Semitic people who emerged during the 12th century BC in what is now present-day western, southern and central Syria (Biblical Aram) during the Late Bronze Age and the Iron Age, at a time when the region was ruled by the Middle Assyrian Empire (1365-1050 BC). Subsequent to the decline of the Middle Assyrian Empire in the latter half of the 11th century BC they established a patchwork of small Aramaic kingdoms in the Levant (modern Syria), then known as Eber-Nari and Aram). During the Neo-Assyrian Empire (911-605 BC), e.g. under the rule of king Tiglath-Pileser III Aramean tribes were conquered and deported to different parts of the Assyrian empire.