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The homeland and origin of the independent Assyrian tribes of Tikyari and Hakkari Church, state, and social life The history of the church of the east down to the arrival of the Roman Catholic missionaries The Roman Catholic missionaries and their impact on the Assyrians The Kurdish settlement in ancient Assyria The Ottoman reforms The reforms and the people of the book The beginnings of centralisation Beirakdar and the achievement of centralisation Subjection of the Assyrian tribes in 1843 Great Britain, the Ottomans and Assyrian tragedy Tekhoma: the last Assyrian independent province The end of the Kurdish wars-- Conclusion Appendices Bibliography Index