Akkadian. Akkadian was the principal language of ancient Mesopotamia (approximately corresponding to modern Iraq). It was spoken by the Assyrians in the north and the Babylonians in the south and survived as a written language until the 1st century AD. Akkadian was also used as an international diplomatic language in the Late Bronze Age in an ...

2009/8/31 · It used the cuneiform writing system derived ultimately from ancient Sumerian, an unrelated, non-Semitic language. The name of the language is derived from the city of Akkad, a major center of Mesopotamian civilization. Dialects. Akkadian is divided into dialects based on geography and historical period: Old Akkadian – 2500 ­ 1950 BCE.

Akkadian language, also spelled Accadian, also called Assyro-Babylonian, extinct Semitic language of the Northern Peripheral group, spoken in Mesopotamia from the 3rd to the 1st millennium bce. Akkadian spread across an area extending from the Mediterranean Sea to the Persian Gulf during the time of Sargon (Akkadian Sharrum-kin) of the Akkad dynasty, who …

The Akkadian sources of the Pre-Sargonic Period are limited in size and number. We can distinguish: 1. Primary sources, consisting of inscriptions written in the Akkadian language. 2. Secondary sources, such as Akkadian proper names

Akkadian was a language of the Semitic family spoken in ancient Mesopotamia, particularly by the Assyrians and Babylonians. It used the cuneiform writing system. Akkadian scribes wrote cuneiform using signs that represented Sumerian logograms, Sumerian syllables, Akkadian syllables, and phonetic complements.

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Syria. Turkey. The Akkadian Empire ( / əˈkeɪdiən /) was the first ancient empire of Mesopotamia after the long-lived civilization of Sumer. It was centered in the city of Akkad ( / ˈækæd /) and its surrounding region. The empire united Akkadian and Sumerian speakers under one rule.

Introduction to the grammar of the Akkadian language with emphasis on developing skills in the cuneiform writing system and reading of selected texts. Prerequisite: If course requirement not met, instructor permission required. Course usually offered in spring term. Also Offered As: ANEL 641. Prerequisite: ANEL 440 OR ANEL 640. Activity: Lecture.