The Akkadian Empire (/əˈkeɪdiən/) was the first known ancient empire of Mesopotamia, succeeding the long-lived civilization of Sumer. Centered on the city...
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city of Akkad, a major centre of Mesopotamian civilization during the Akkadian Empire (c. 2334–2154 BC). It was written using the cuneiform script, originally...
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Babylonia (redirect from Sumero-Akkadian)
created a short-lived empire, succeeding the earlier Akkadian Empire, Third Dynasty of Ur, and Old Assyrian Empire. The Babylonian Empire rapidly fell apart...
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Akkadian or Accadian may refer to: Look up Akkadian in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Akkadians, inhabitants of the Akkadian Empire Akkadian language...
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name "Assur" is not historically attested prior to the age of the Akkadian Empire in the 24th century BC; it is possible that the city was originally...
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functioning of the empire. In the grand rock-face inscriptions of the kings, the Elamite texts are always accompanied by Akkadian (Babylonian dialect)...
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Mesopotamian history, marked by the succession of kingdoms and empires such as the Akkadian Empire. The early second millennium BC saw the polarization of Mesopotamian...
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Several empires in human history have been contenders for the largest of all time, depending on definition and mode of measurement. Possible ways of measuring...
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Sasanian Empire (/səˈsɑːniən, səˈseɪniən/) or Sassanid Empire, also known as the Second Persian Empire, and officially known as Ērānšahr ("Land/Empire of the...
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Sumer (redirect from Sumer Empire)
northwest. Sumer was conquered by the Semitic-speaking kings of the Akkadian Empire around 2270 BC (short chronology), but Sumerian continued as a sacred...
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