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The king of Akkad (Akkadian: šar māt Akkadi, lit. ' king of the land of Akkad ' [1]) was the ruler of the city of Akkad and its empire, in ancient Mesopotamia.In the 3rd millennium BC, from the reign of Sargon of Akkad to the reign of his great-grandson Shar-Kali-Sharri, the Akkadian Empire represented the dominant power in Mesopotamia and the first known great empire.
Her name might mean "oath" or "frost" (based on similarity to the Akkadian word mammû, "ice" or "frost"). [433] As her name is homophonous with Mami, a goddess of birth or "divine midwife," [434] some researchers assume they are one and the same. [417] However, it has been proven that they were separate deities, [434] Mamu: Sippar [435]
Name is Akkadian for "Lord of all women" or possibly "All of them were lord". Nangishlishma: 670 years: En-tarah-ana: 426 years, 3 months, and 3 and a half days: Why the reign length is so specific is unknown. Babum: 300 years: Name is Akkadian for "gate". Puannum: 840 years: Kalibum: 960 years: Name is Akkadian for "dog", also symbolic for ...
Before the rise of the Akkadian Empire in the 24th century BC, Mesopotamia was fragmented into a number of city states. Whereas some surviving Mesopotamian documents, such as the Sumerian King List, describe this period as one where there was only one legitimate king at any one given time, and kingship was transferred from city to city sequentially, the historical reality was that there were ...
The Akkadian Empire (/ ə ˈ k eɪ d i ən /) [2] was the first known ancient empire in the world, succeeding the long-lived civilization of Sumer.Centered on the city of Akkad (/ ˈ æ k æ d /) [3] and its surrounding region, the empire united Akkadian and Sumerian speakers under one rule and exercised significant influence across Mesopotamia, the Levant, and Anatolia, sending military ...
Sargon of Akkad (/ ˈ s ɑːr ɡ ɒ n /; Akkadian: 𒊬𒊒𒄀, romanized: Šarrugi; died c. 2279 BC), [3] also known as Sargon the Great, [4] was the first ruler of the Akkadian Empire, known for his conquests of the Sumerian city-states in the 24th to 23rd centuries BC. [2]
The commentary, when present, is in Sumerian, rather than Akkadian, which is different from most lexical lists. [52] The gods do not appear to be separated into strictly Sumerian and Akkadian columns. [53] Furthermore, some gods are listed with no equivalents at all, for example Zababa, who was a well established deity. [54]
Akkadian cylinder seal dating to c. 2300 BCE depicting the deities Inanna, Enki, and Utu, three members of the Anunnaki. The Anunnaki (Sumerian: 𒀭𒀀𒉣𒈾, also transcribed as Anunaki, Annunaki, Anunna, Ananaki and other variations) are a group of deities of the ancient Sumerians, Akkadians, Assyrians and Babylonians.