I am a millennial from an Assyrian town in the Nineveh Plains region of Iraq.
I gathered these data from my personal social media contacts. Everyone in the dataset was born in the same village and speaks Aramaic as their mother tongue. I filtered out second-generation diaspora Assyrians and those under 30 years old.
Data analyzed using R (ggplot2), Jittering applied to prevent overlapping points.
This visualization shows the relationship between **age** (x-axis, reversed) and **number of children** (y-axis), while also tracking historical events and their demographic impact. The top x-axis represents a **timeline ending in 2025**. Different colored regions highlight key historical periods:
* Pre-Saddam Era (Blue)
* Iran-Iraq War (Purple)
* International Embargo (Yellow)
* US Invasion (Green)
* Post-ISIS Displacement (Red)
Key insights of my small circle of friends and family:
* Birth rates have declined significantly over time.
* Homeland retention (red points) decreases sharply post-ISIS.
* Aramaic-speaking households are still present but shrinking.
Props at what you’re attempting OP, but do you really feel you can make any significant statements with an n=7-22?
The first genocide came during the Arab conquest. Than during the timurid conquest many assyrians were massacred from being Christian. Finally the kurds during ww1 joined the ottoman and massacred much assyrians they could find. Now Kurdish nationalist on the internet are saying historical assyrian land and culture are actually all kurds.
By the looks of it , the Assyrians flourished only under us occupation?
Very sad to see this. I am a Hungarian, but have always taken great interest in Assyrian culture. I wish your community a recovery in numbers, homeland and cultural/spiritual heritage from the bottom of my heart.
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I am a millennial from an Assyrian town in the Nineveh Plains region of Iraq.
I gathered these data from my personal social media contacts. Everyone in the dataset was born in the same village and speaks Aramaic as their mother tongue. I filtered out second-generation diaspora Assyrians and those under 30 years old.
Data analyzed using R (ggplot2), Jittering applied to prevent overlapping points.
This visualization shows the relationship between **age** (x-axis, reversed) and **number of children** (y-axis), while also tracking historical events and their demographic impact. The top x-axis represents a **timeline ending in 2025**. Different colored regions highlight key historical periods:
* Pre-Saddam Era (Blue)
* Iran-Iraq War (Purple)
* International Embargo (Yellow)
* US Invasion (Green)
* Post-ISIS Displacement (Red)
Key insights of my small circle of friends and family:
* Birth rates have declined significantly over time.
* Homeland retention (red points) decreases sharply post-ISIS.
* Aramaic-speaking households are still present but shrinking.
**Higher quality image** [**HERE**](https://imgur.com/IcmYrr9)**.**
Props at what you’re attempting OP, but do you really feel you can make any significant statements with an n=7-22?
The first genocide came during the Arab conquest. Than during the timurid conquest many assyrians were massacred from being Christian. Finally the kurds during ww1 joined the ottoman and massacred much assyrians they could find. Now Kurdish nationalist on the internet are saying historical assyrian land and culture are actually all kurds.
By the looks of it , the Assyrians flourished only under us occupation?
Very sad to see this. I am a Hungarian, but have always taken great interest in Assyrian culture. I wish your community a recovery in numbers, homeland and cultural/spiritual heritage from the bottom of my heart.
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