Akkadian period

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Mesopotamian period historical period

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 Empire period 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Mesopotamian period ⓘ
historical period ⓘ
endTime c. 2154 BCE ⓘ
follows Early Dynastic period NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasArchaeologicalEvidenceType administrative tablets ⓘ
monumental art ⓘ
royal inscriptions ⓘ
hasArchaeologicalSite Lagash NERFINISHED ⓘ
Nippur NERFINISHED ⓘ
Tell Brak NERFINISHED ⓘ
Ur NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasCapital Akkad NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasConflict conflicts with Subartu NERFINISHED ⓘ
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 NERFINISHED ⓘ
Sumerians NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasGovernmentForm absolute monarchy ⓘ
centralized empire ⓘ
hasLanguage Akkadian language NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasMajorPower Akkadian Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ
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 NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasRegion Akkad NERFINISHED ⓘ
Mesopotamia NERFINISHED ⓘ
Sumer NERFINISHED ⓘ
northern Mesopotamia NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasReligion Mesopotamian religion NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasRuler Manishtushu NERFINISHED ⓘ
Naram-Sin of Akkad NERFINISHED ⓘ
Rimush NERFINISHED ⓘ
Sargon of Akkad NERFINISHED ⓘ
Shar-kali-sharri NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasWritingSystem cuneiform ⓘ
namedAfter Akkad NERFINISHED ⓘ
Akkadian Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf history of Mesopotamia ⓘ
precedes Ur III period NERFINISHED ⓘ
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 period ⓘ
this entity surface form: Akkadian Empire period