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Regardless of these hardships , the Assyrian people remained numerically dominant in the north of Mesopotamia as late as the 14th century AD , and the city of Assur functioned as their religious and cultural capital .
 location: Mesopotamia; location: Assur
Please list all entity words in the text that fit the category.Output format is "type1: word1; type2: word2". 
Option: location, person, organization 
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 location: Mesopotamia; location: Assur