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Why did the Assyrians survived until today but not the Babylonians? and why did they started using Aramaic language instead of Assyrian? (not sure if Akkadian language had split by then) Arameans didnt even have an empire right so how did Aramaic became prestigious

by /u/AleksiB1 in /r/AskHistorians

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