Akkadian period

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Akkadian_period
GPTKB entity
Statements (33)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:historical_period
gptkbp:capital gptkb:Akkad
gptkbp:culture gptkb:Akkadian_culture
gptkbp:currency barter
gptkbp:economy agriculture
trade
gptkbp:endDate c. 2154 BCE
gptkbp:followedBy gptkb:Ur_III_period
gptkbp:governmentType gptkb:monarchy
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Akkadian period
gptkbp:language Akkadian
gptkbp:locatedIn gptkb:Mesopotamia
gptkbp:militaryBranch standing army
gptkbp:namedAfter gptkb:Akkad
gptkbp:notableAchievement expansion of territory across Mesopotamia
first Semitic empire in history
gptkbp:notableCity gptkb:Babylon
gptkb:Agade
gptkb:Sippar
gptkb:Akkad
gptkb:Nippur
gptkbp:notablePlace gptkb:Victory_Stele_of_Naram-Sin
gptkbp:notableRuler gptkb:Naram-Sin
gptkb:Sargon_of_Akkad
gptkbp:precededBy gptkb:Early_Dynastic_Period
gptkbp:religion gptkb:Mesopotamian_religion
gptkbp:significantEvent gptkb:Gutian_invasion
unification of Sumer and Akkad
rise of the Akkadian Empire
gptkbp:startDate c. 2334 BCE
gptkbp:writingSystem cuneiform
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Assyrian
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5