Why is it that the Assyrian empire fell so hard that the Assyrian people never formed a country ever again?

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Almostneverclever

What country do you consider to be the current "Roman" state?

hngysh

Follow-up question, to what extent did the Islamic conquests cause Arabs to migrate to their newly conquered lands, versus the native people adopting the speech and religion of their new rulers?