____________________
lay
north
of
____________________
,
along
the
____________________
River
.
Like
much
of
____________________
,
it
fell
under
the
influence
of
____________________
.
Later
,
Assyria
was
part
of
the
____________________
and
____________________
empires
.
After
____________________
fell
,
the
____________________
fought
against
a
steady
stream
of
____________________
.
Some
of
those
____________________
conquered
____________________
,
but
for
long
____________________
the
____________________
stayed
free
.
