northern Babylonia
E212306
Northern Babylonia was the northern region of ancient Babylonia in Mesopotamia, encompassing the area around the city of Akkad and other important early Semitic urban centers.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| northern Babylonia canonical | 1 |
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
historical region
ⓘ
region of ancient Mesopotamia ⓘ |
| agriculturalProducts |
barley
ⓘ
dates ⓘ legumes ⓘ |
| associatedWithEthnicGroup | Akkadians ⓘ |
| associatedWithLanguage |
Akkadian
ⓘ
surface form:
Akkadian language
|
| associatedWithState |
Akkadian Empire
ⓘ
Old Babylonian Empire ⓘ
surface form:
Old Babylonian kingdom
|
| associatedWithWritingSystem | cuneiform ⓘ |
| borders |
Lower Mesopotamia
ⓘ
surface form:
Southern Babylonia
|
| climate | semi-arid ⓘ |
| contains |
Akkad
ⓘ
early Semitic urban centers ⓘ |
| economyBasedOn |
irrigated agriculture
ⓘ
long-distance trade ⓘ |
| flourishedDuring |
3rd millennium BCE
ⓘ
early 2nd millennium BCE ⓘ |
| hasArchaeologicalCulture |
Akkadian period
ⓘ
Old Babylonian Empire ⓘ
surface form:
Old Babylonian period
|
| hasCapital | Akkad ⓘ |
| hasTypeOfSettlement |
rural villages
ⓘ
urban centers ⓘ |
| hasUrbanFeature |
canal networks
ⓘ
walled cities ⓘ ziggurats ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | Bronze Age ⓘ |
| knownFor |
development of Akkadian as a lingua franca
ⓘ
early Semitic urbanization ⓘ |
| laterIncorporatedInto |
Neo-Assyrian Empire
ⓘ
Neo-Babylonian Empire ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Mesopotamia
ⓘ
Ancient Near East ⓘ
surface form:
ancient Near East
Iraq ⓘ
surface form:
present-day Iraq
|
| locatedOn |
Iraqi alluvial plain
ⓘ
surface form:
Tigris–Euphrates alluvial plain
|
| majorDeityVenerated |
Enlil
ⓘ
Inanna ⓘ
surface form:
Ishtar
Marduk ⓘ |
| partOf |
Akkadians
ⓘ
surface form:
Akkadian cultural sphere
Babylon ⓘ
surface form:
Babylonia
|
| politicalStructure | city-states ⓘ |
| precededBy |
Early Dynastic period
ⓘ
surface form:
Early Dynastic Mesopotamia
|
| religion | Mesopotamian polytheism ⓘ |
| scriptDirection | left-to-right horizontal ⓘ |
| traversedBy |
Euphrates
ⓘ
surface form:
Euphrates River
Tigris ⓘ
surface form:
Tigris River
|
| usedCalendar |
Babylonian calendar
ⓘ
surface form:
Mesopotamian lunisolar calendar
|
| writingMedium | clay tablets ⓘ |
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.