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- noun Plural form of
Akkadian .
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I find it difficult to identify any "Akkadians", and prefer to make a distinction between Assyrian and Babylonian for post-2000 BCE Mesopotamian languages.
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The Sumerians gave way to the Akkadians, then the Assyrians, whose empire spanned Iraq, the Levant, and parts of Turkey, Egypt, and Iran.
Day of Honey Annia Ciezadlo 2011
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The Sumerians gave way to the Akkadians, then the Assyrians, whose empire spanned Iraq, the Levant, and parts of Turkey, Egypt, and Iran.
Day of Honey Annia Ciezadlo 2011
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It was the Sumerians who had first created and used the cuneiform writing system, which was soon adopted by neighboring tribes, most particularly the Akkadians, Semitic speakers who dwelled to the north of the Sumerians.
The Whisperers John Connolly 2010
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It was the Sumerians who had first created and used the cuneiform writing system, which was soon adopted by neighboring tribes, most particularly the Akkadians, Semitic speakers who dwelled to the north of the Sumerians.
The Whisperers John Connolly 2010
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Anti-Semites exist around the world, and their proudest stomping grounds are located securely in the Middle East note: yes, Arabs technically belong to the "Semitic" origins of Akkadians, Canaanites, Phoenicians, Hebrews, and Ethiopian Semites.
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Anti-Semites exist around the world, and their proudest stomping grounds are located securely in the Middle East note: yes, Arabs technically belong to the "Semitic" origins of Akkadians, Canaanites, Phoenicians, Hebrews, and Ethiopian Semites.
The Arab Reflex: Blame The Jews « Unambiguously Ambidextrous 2009
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The Akkadians and the Babylonians conducted trade with India, southwest Africa and will into the Caucus mountains.
Matt Ridley vs. My Most Wrong Belief, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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The Akkadians practiced an early version of church-state separation in other ways, too.
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Urban revolution: The Akkadians of Mesopotamia, in what is now southern Iraq, had no need to crane their necks to look for portents.
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