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the first ruler of the Akkadian Empire. One area on the map is described as a place "where the Sun is not visible." As highlighted by IFLScience, Babylonians might have believed this to be a land ...

The Akkadian Empire, considered the world's first empire, was established in Mesopotamia. It eventually fell due to a combination of factors, including severe drought, soil salinization ...

of societies from the Akkadian empire of the 24 th century BC down to the modern age, of 336 years. It is very difficult to find an exact date for the “rise” of anything so complex as a ...

The ancient Assyrian language is classified as Akkadian; it was the language of the Assyrians and Babylonians, written in Cuneiform. To facilitate administrative tasks of the Assyrian Empire Aramaic ...

This page introduces a new way of exploring lexical semantics in Akkadian. How to cite this portal: Heidi Jauhiainen, Aleksi Sahala, Tero Alstola, Sam Hardwick, Tommi Jauhiainen, Krister Lindén and ...

Keywords: Babylonia, Akkadian, Achaemenid period, Hellenistic period, ritual and ritual text, history of religion, Late Babylonian priestly literature, priesthood, Seleucid empire, longue durée ...