Assyria proper, as heretofore stated, was a table-land, bounded on the
north by part of Armenia; on the east by that part of Media which lies
towards Mt. Zagros; on the south by Elam or Susiana and part of
Babylonia; and on the west by the river Tigris, or later by the
Chaboras, a branch of the Euphrates. The greater part of the ancient
kingdom of Assyria is now contained in the modern province of Kurdistan.
In size it may be compared to Great Britain.