Akkadian Empire
What was the First Empire to rule all of Mesopotamia?
Akkadian Empire
Naram-Sin
Grandson of Sargon The Great who expanded the empire
What was the name of Sargon's city?
Edheduanna
Sargon's daughter who was a writer
How long did Naram-Sin rule?
56 Years
Sumerians
People defeated by the Akkadians
Who became the king after Sargon
Naram-sin, his grandson.
Akkad
Great city established by Sargon
Who conquered the Akkidans?
The Amorites
City-States
Government system of the Akkadians
What city attacked the Akkadian's
The Sumerian city of Uruk, but they fought back and the Akkadians won and conquered the cities.
Sargon the Great
King who established the Akkadian Empire
Who live in the Southern Part of Mesopotmia? And who lived in the Northern Part?
The Sumerains lived in the Southern Part and the Akkadians lived in the Northern Part
Ur
City taken back by the Sumerians in 2100 BC.
Who is was the ruler at the peak of the Akkidian's empire?
Naram-Sin.
Armorites
People who eventually conquered the Akkadians
Who had the idea that a king should be succeeded by his sons
Sargon The Great
Mesopotamia
Region where the Akkadian Empire was created
The daughter of Sargon and high priestess for life of the moon god Nanna at Ur and also the high prosthesis of the sky god.
Enheduanna
Moses
Bibical figure who had a similar start as Sargon