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Akkadian (/əˈkeɪdiən/ ə-KAY-dee-ən;
Akkadian: 𒀝𒅗𒁺𒌑(𒌝), romanized: Akkadû(m)) is an
extinct East
Semitic language that was
spoken in
ancient Mesopotamia...
- 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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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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addition to Sumerian.
Akkadian texts are
attested from the 24th
century BC
onward and make up the bulk of the
cuneiform record.
Akkadian cuneiform was itself...
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Akkadian literature is the
ancient literature written in the East
Semitic Akkadian language (****yrian and
Babylonian dialects) in
Mesopotamia (Akkad, ****yria...
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Babylonia (/ˌbæbɪˈloʊniə/;
Akkadian: 𒆳𒆍𒀭𒊏𒆠, māt Akkadī) was an
ancient Akkadian-speaking
state and
cultural area
based in the city of
Babylon in...
- It used the
cuneiform writing system of the
Akkadian language. Canaano-
Akkadian combined the
Akkadian lexicon with
Canaanite grammar,
which influenced...
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ancient Sumerians,
Akkadians, ****yrians and Babylonians. In the
earliest Sumerian writings about them,
which come from the Post-
Akkadian period, the Anunnaki...
- was
spoken in
ancient Mesopotamia, in the area that is modern-day Iraq.
Akkadian, a
Semitic language,
gradually replaced Sumerian as the
primary spoken...
- 4000 – c. 2500 BC.
Sumerians The term "Sumer" (
Akkadian: 𒋗𒈨𒊒, romanized: šumeru)
comes from the
Akkadian name for the "Sumerians", the
ancient non-Semitic-speaking...
