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Akkadians

Published on Nov 18, 2015

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AKKADIANS

BY: SOFIA MARTINEZ, ANA MARCELA C, ANGELLY OJASMAR, MARCELLA CARTAGENA

ABOUT THE AKKADIAN EMPIRE..

➡️The Akkadian empire was a semetic speaking state.
➡️The Akkadian empire grew up around the city of Akkad.
➡️The Akkadian empire was established by King Sargon.

WHO WERE THE AKKADIANS?

➡️The akkadians were the earliest known people who spoke a Semitic language.

BUT WHAT WAS SEMITIC LANGUAGE?

➡️Well Semitic Language was a modern designation taken from the Hebrew Scriptures.

WERE DID THEY LIVE?

➡️Akkadians lived on the Arabic Peninsula. They lived near the city of Akkad.

DID YOU KNOW?

➡️Akkadian is the oldest Semitic language still preserved

INVENTIONS

➡️In mesopotamia a lot of empires got to invent a lot of things, and the Akkadian empire is the first to invent the abacus, Mesopotamia's abacus looks really similar to ours.

ABACUS⬇️

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