Akkadian period

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The Akkadian period was an early Mesopotamian era marked by the rise of the Akkadian Empire under rulers like Sargon of Akkad, during which the Akkadian language and centralized imperial rule became dominant in the region.

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Akkadian period canonical 19
Akkadian Empire period 3
Old Akkadian period 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Mesopotamian period
historical period
endTime c. 2154 BCE
follows Early Dynastic period
hasArchaeologicalEvidenceType administrative tablets
monumental art
royal inscriptions
hasArchaeologicalSite Lagash
Nippur
Tell Brak
Ur
hasCapital Akkad
hasConflict conflicts with Subartu
wars with Elam
hasCulturalFeature development of imperial iconography
royal inscriptions in Akkadian
spread of Akkadian language
standardization of imperial administration
hasEconomicActivity agriculture
long-distance trade
hasEthnicGroup Akkadians
Sumerians
linked to: Sumer
hasGovernmentForm absolute monarchy
centralized empire
hasLanguage Akkadian language
linked to: Akkadian
hasMajorPower Akkadian Empire
hasNotableEvent Gutian incursions
Naram-Sin’s imperial expansion
collapse of the Akkadian Empire
conquest of Sumerian city-states
rise of the Akkadian Empire
hasPrecededByRuler Sargon of Akkad
hasRegion Akkad
Mesopotamia
Sumer
northern Mesopotamia
linked to: Upper Mesopotamia
hasReligion Mesopotamian religion
hasRuler Manishtushu
Naram-Sin of Akkad
Rimush
Sargon of Akkad
Shar-kali-sharri
linked to: Shar-Kali-Sharri
hasWritingSystem cuneiform
namedAfter Akkad
Akkadian Empire
partOf history of Mesopotamia
precedes Ur III period
startTime c. 2334 BCE

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Ur III period precededBy Akkadian period
Umma timePeriod Akkadian period
Tell el-Muqayyar hasArchaeologicalPeriod Akkadian period
šar kiššatim earliestAttestedIn Akkadian Empire period
linked to: Akkadian period
Shar-Kali-Sharri period Akkadian Empire period
linked to: Akkadian period
Shar-Kali-Sharri chronologicalPlacement Old Akkadian period
linked to: Akkadian period
Tell al-Hiba locatedInTimePeriod Akkadian period
Tell Ingharra hasArchaeologicalStrata Akkadian period
Tell Uhaimir hasArchaeologicalPeriod Akkadian period
Anu district timePeriod Akkadian period
Eanna district periodOfUse Akkadian period
Enheduanna timePeriod Old Akkadian period
linked to: Akkadian period
Gutian period follows Akkadian period
Umma timeOfProminence Akkadian period
subject linked to: city of Umma
Awan hasHistoricalPeriod Akkadian period
Shara associatedPeriod Akkadian period
Ekur temple in Nippur timePeriod Akkadian period
Girsu timePeriod Akkadian period
subject linked to: city of Girsu
Naram-Suen era Akkadian period
Sargonic dynasty timePeriod Akkadian period
Sargonic dynasty timePeriod Old Akkadian period
linked to: Akkadian period
Ningishzida timePeriod Akkadian period
Sumerian royal ideology timePeriod Akkadian period
Bronze Age Mesopotamia hasSubPeriod Akkadian Empire period
linked to: Akkadian period
cult of Inanna at Uruk flourishedDuring Akkadian period