Assyrian people

Assyrians () are a distinct ethnic group native to Mesopotamia, with historical roots in the ancient Assyrian Empire. They speak varieties of Neo-Aramaic, a branch of the Semitic language family, and the majority adhere to Syriac Christianity. Some members of the community identify alternatively as Chaldeans or Arameans, based on religious, regional, and historic traditions.

Tappūtī-Bēlet-Ekallim () is one of the world's first recorded chemists. She was a perfumer active in Assur during the reign of Tukulti-Ninurta I. As mentioned in a cuneiform tablet dated around 1200 BC, she used flowers, oil, and calamus along with cyperus, myrrh, and balsam, which after adding water and other solvents were distilled and filtered several times.