Akkadian Dynasty
The first king of the Akkadian Dynasty (Sargon I) united the whole of Mesopotamia under one ruler. Sargon and his descendants ruled from 2334 BC until around 2190 BC when the empire collapsed owing to invasion and rebellion.
Description:
The Akkadian Empire was centered in the city of Akkad and the surrounding region, uniting Semites and Sumerian speakers under one rule. During the 3rd millennium BCE, Akkadian gradually replaced Sumerian as the spoken language. The empire reached its political peak following the conquest of its ruler, Sargon of Akkad. It reached from the Levant to Elam. It was preceeded by the Early Dynastic Period and succeeded by the Guti Period. The main rulers were Sargon, Rimush, Manishtushu, and Naram-Sin. It has been suggested that the decline of the empire was due in part to climate change, with rapidly increasing aridity, which led to drought and the collapse of trade networks.
Ultra Low Chronology
Short/Low Chronology: 2230-2050
Middle Chronology: 2340-2154 BCE
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| Object | U Number | Museum Number (UPM Date Reg Number) | Museum Number (BM Registration Number) | Museum Number (UPM B-number) | Description (Catalog Card) |
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 | 264 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Body and base of large white stone jar, top broken, Inscribed "Rimush, king of the world." |
| 2732 | (none) | 1927,1003.58 | (none) | Statue of Da-da-i-lum. Fragment of bust. Inscription of 2 lines on right shoulder: Da-da-i-lum Si-lim ilZu-fa = Dadailum Protection of Sin. Name is semitic and also the prayer Silu(m) protection, and the writing to Zu-en (= Sin) H.C. |
| 282 | (none) | (none) | B14951 | Fragment of stone vase. On side, decoration of concentric circles. On base, inscription, "(Na)ram-S(in)" |
| 283 | (none) | (none) | B14952, B14952 | Fragment of stone vase. One side, decoration of concentric circles. On base ends of lines of a column of inscription. |
| 284 | (none) | (none) | B14937, B14937 | Broken mace head. Alabaster. Inscription. Only first line showing, reads "Naram"-(Sin?). Placed in IN/No. 1. |
| 30181 | (none) | (none) | (none) | [Card Missing] |
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Related Terms
Ubaid - Uruk - Jemdat Nasr - Early Dynastic / Sumerian - Guti/Post Akkadian - Ur III - Old Babylonian - Middle Assyrian - Kassite - Neo-Assyrian - Neo-Babylonian - Achaemenid Empire (Persian) - Seleucid - Parthian