Akkadian (/əˈkeɪdiən/; Akkadian: 𒀝𒅗𒁺𒌑(𒌝), romanized: Akkadû(m)) is an extinct East Semitic language that was spoken in ancient Mesopotamia (Akkad...
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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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Babylonia (redirect from Sumero-Akkadian)
Babylonia (/ˌbæbɪˈloʊniə/; Akkadian: 𒆳𒆍𒀭𒊏𒆠, māt Akkadī) was an ancient Akkadian-speaking state and cultural area based in the city of Babylon in...
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Cuneiform (redirect from Akkadian Cuneiform)
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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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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Akkadian literature is the ancient literature written in the Akkadian language (Assyrian and Babylonian dialects) in Mesopotamia (Assyria and Babylonia)...
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Anunnaki (section Akkadian, Babylonian and Assyrian)
ancient Sumerians, Akkadians, Assyrians and Babylonians. In the earliest Sumerian writings about them, which come from the Post-Akkadian period, the Anunnaki...
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Sumerian language (category Articles containing Akkadian-language text)
was spoken in ancient Mesopotamia, in the area that is modern-day Iraq. Akkadian, a Semitic language, gradually replaced Sumerian as the primary spoken...
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cradle of some of the world's earliest civilizations. The Sumerians and Akkadians, each originating from different areas, dominated Mesopotamia from the...
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Sumer (category Articles containing Akkadian-language text)
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...
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Ancient Mesopotamian religion (redirect from Akkadian religion)
Babylonia), and had considerable influence on the Akkadian speakers and their culture. Akkadian speakers are believed to have entered the region at...
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Sargon of Akkad (category Articles containing Akkadian-language text)
of Akkad (/ˈsɑːrɡɒn/; Akkadian: 𒊬𒊒𒄀, romanized: Šarrugi), also known as Sargon the Great, was the first ruler of the Akkadian Empire, known for his...
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Gilgamesh (category Articles containing Akkadian-language text)
symbols instead of cuneiform script. Gilgamesh (/ˈɡɪlɡəmɛʃ/, /ɡɪlˈɡɑːmɛʃ/; Akkadian: 𒀭𒄑𒂆𒈦, romanized: Gilgameš; originally Sumerian: 𒀭𒄑𒉋𒂵𒎌, romanized: Bilgames)...
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Inanna (category Akkadian Empire)
political power. Originally worshipped in Sumer, she was known by the Akkadian Empire, Babylonians, and Assyrians as Ishtar (and occasionally the logogram...
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The Scorpion King: Rise of the Akkadian is an action-adventure game released in 2002 for both GameCube and the PlayStation 2. The game was developed by...
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Sumerian religion (section Akkadians)
sun and justice, and his father Nanna, the god of the moon. During the Akkadian Empire, Inanna, the goddess of sex, beauty, and warfare, was widely venerated...
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Akkadian word for a spirit or demon. Jo Ann Scurlock and Burton R. Andersen (2005) see the origin of lilu in treatment of mental illness. In Akkadian...
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Ancient near eastern cosmology (redirect from Akkadian cosmology)
The sun god (represented by the god Utu in Sumerian texts or Shamash in Akkadian texts) rises in the day and passes over the earth. Then, the sun god falls...
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Akkad (city) (category Akkadian cities)
Akkade, or Agade, Akkadian: 𒀀𒂵𒉈𒆠 akkadê, also 𒌵𒆠 URIKI in Sumerian during the Ur III period) was the capital of the Akkadian Empire, which was the...
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Assyria (category Articles containing Akkadian-language text)
"Assyria" and the contraction, "Syria," are ultimately derived from the Akkadian Aššur. Following the decline of the Neo-Assyrian Empire, the subsequent...
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The Akkadian disputation poem or Akkadian debate, also known as the Babylonian disputation poem, is a genre of Akkadian literature in the form of a disputation...
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Erra (god) (redirect from Akkadian Erra Epic)
Erra (sometimes called Irra) is an Akkadian plague god known from an 'epos' of the eighth century BCE. Erra is the god of mayhem and pestilence who is...
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Folklore: Bulgarian, Christian, German, Jewish, Islamic, Philippine Mythology: Akkadian, Babylonian, Buddhist, Chaldean, Chinese, Christian, Egyptian, Etruscan...
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Early Bronze Age). Speakers of East Semitic include the people of the Akkadian Empire, Ebla, Assyria, Babylonia, the latter two of which eventually switched...
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Shevat (Hebrew: שְׁבָט, Standard Šəvaṭ, Tiberian Šeḇāṭ; from Akkadian Šabātu) is the fifth month of the civil year starting in Tishre (or Tishri) and...
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languages. The East Semitic group is attested by three distinct languages, Akkadian, Eblaite and possibly Kishite, all of which have been long extinct. They...
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Bel (mythology) (category Articles containing Akkadian-language text)
Bêl (/ˈbeɪl/; from Akkadian: bēlu) is a title signifying 'lord' or 'master' applied to various gods in the Mesopotamian religion of Akkad, Assyria, and...
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Dynastic Mesopotamia, Sumer, the early Sumero-Akkadian city-states, the Akkadian Empire, Ebla, the Akkadian and Imperial Aramaic speaking states of Assyria...
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List of kings of Akkad (redirect from Akkadian king)
The king of Akkad (Akkadian: šar māt Akkadi, lit. 'king of the land of Akkad') was the ruler of the city of Akkad and its empire, in ancient Mesopotamia...
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