Akkadian period

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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.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Akkadian period canonical 19
Akkadian Empire period 3
Old Akkadian period 3

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Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Mesopotamian period ⓘ
historical period ⓘ
endTime c. 2154 BCE ⓘ
follows Early Dynastic period ⓘ
hasArchaeologicalEvidenceType administrative tablets ⓘ
monumental art ⓘ
royal inscriptions ⓘ
hasArchaeologicalSite Lagash ⓘ
Nippur ⓘ
Tell Brak ⓘ
Ur ⓘ
hasCapital Akkad ⓘ
hasConflict conflicts with Subartu ⓘ
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 ⓘ
Sumerians ⓘ
linked to: Sumer
hasGovernmentForm absolute monarchy ⓘ
centralized empire ⓘ
hasLanguage Akkadian language ⓘ
linked to: Akkadian
hasMajorPower Akkadian Empire ⓘ
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 ⓘ
hasRegion Akkad ⓘ
Mesopotamia ⓘ
Sumer ⓘ
northern Mesopotamia ⓘ
linked to: Upper Mesopotamia
hasReligion Mesopotamian religion ⓘ
hasRuler Manishtushu ⓘ
Naram-Sin of Akkad ⓘ
Rimush ⓘ
Sargon of Akkad ⓘ
Shar-kali-sharri ⓘ
linked to: Shar-Kali-Sharri
hasWritingSystem cuneiform ⓘ
namedAfter Akkad ⓘ
Akkadian Empire ⓘ
partOf history of Mesopotamia ⓘ
precedes Ur III period ⓘ
startTime c. 2334 BCE ⓘ

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Referenced by (25)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Ur III period → precededBy → Akkadian period ⓘ
Umma → timePeriod → Akkadian period ⓘ
Tell el-Muqayyar → hasArchaeologicalPeriod → Akkadian period ⓘ
šar kiššatim → earliestAttestedIn → Akkadian Empire period ⓘ
linked to: Akkadian period
Shar-Kali-Sharri → period → Akkadian Empire period ⓘ
linked to: Akkadian period
Shar-Kali-Sharri → chronologicalPlacement → Old Akkadian period ⓘ
linked to: Akkadian period
Tell al-Hiba → locatedInTimePeriod → Akkadian period ⓘ
Tell Ingharra → hasArchaeologicalStrata → Akkadian period ⓘ
Tell Uhaimir → hasArchaeologicalPeriod → Akkadian period ⓘ
Anu district → timePeriod → Akkadian period ⓘ
Eanna district → periodOfUse → Akkadian period ⓘ
Enheduanna → timePeriod → Old Akkadian period ⓘ
linked to: Akkadian period
Gutian period → follows → Akkadian period ⓘ
Umma → timeOfProminence → Akkadian period ⓘ
subject linked to: city of Umma
Awan → hasHistoricalPeriod → Akkadian period ⓘ
Shara → associatedPeriod → Akkadian period ⓘ
Ekur temple in Nippur → timePeriod → Akkadian period ⓘ
Girsu → timePeriod → Akkadian period ⓘ
subject linked to: city of Girsu
Naram-Suen → era → Akkadian period ⓘ
Sargonic dynasty → timePeriod → Akkadian period ⓘ
Sargonic dynasty → timePeriod → Old Akkadian period ⓘ
linked to: Akkadian period
Ningishzida → timePeriod → Akkadian period ⓘ
Sumerian royal ideology → timePeriod → Akkadian period ⓘ
Bronze Age Mesopotamia → hasSubPeriod → Akkadian Empire period ⓘ
linked to: Akkadian period
cult of Inanna at Uruk → flourishedDuring → Akkadian period ⓘ