AKKADIA

LIFE IN AKKADIA- OVERVIEW

• Polytheistic religion
• Military focus
• Sumerian people
• Sumerian lifestyle
• Many similarities to Sumer

RELIGION

• Polytheistic-many gods
• Anthropomorphic- gods took human form
• Sargon was believed to have been chosen by the gods
• Because of this, priests were of less importance

PEOPLE

PEOPLE

• Top class- priests, landowners, government people
• Middle class- merchants, craftsmen, farmers, fishermen
• Lowest class- slaves and indentured servants

FOOD

• Grain
• Barley
• Cucumbers, onions, chickpeas, lentils, beans, lettuce,
• Dates and figs

FUN FACTS

FUN FACTS

• Semitic language
• Everyone drank beer
• Men wore sheepskin skirts and capes, women wound long strips of cloth around their bodies
• Simple 1&2 story homes
• Barter system

AKKADIAN CULTURAL ACHIEVEMENTS OVERVIEW

• City of Agade
• Three dimensional sculptures and buildings
• Nature of gods

CITY OF AGADE

• Was capital city of the empire
• Most richest, powerful, in world at the time
• Had great craftsmen, and artists

ART OF AKKAD

• Pottery, and crafting was part of everyday events
• Start of three dimensional sculptures

NATURE OF GODS

• Had four gods: sky god, air god, moon god, and sun god
• Citizens believed they were responsible for everything
• People greatly worshiped them

COOL FACTS ABOUT THE GODS

• Their gods were anthropomorphic
• Gods believed that life was controlled by seasonal change

ABACUS

• Device invented by akkadians used for counting