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Akkadian Semitics culture

Akkadian Semitics culture. By Jessica sondey and Taylor Dennis. Government. The government of the Akkadians was a centralized government under the authority of the king and his court The man responsible for this development was sargon of Akkad

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Akkadian Semitics culture

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  1. Akkadian Semitics culture By Jessica sondey and Taylor Dennis

  2. Government • The government of the Akkadians was a centralized government under the authority of the king and his court • The man responsible for this development was sargon of Akkad • Sargon carried out more then 30 battles against other Sumerian city-states • These city-states were then incorporated into the Akkadian kingdom

  3. Architecture • They mostly reconstructed Sumerian temples such as Nippur • Built palaces with practical uses such as tall al-asmar • Built fortresses on lines of imperial communication

  4. Sumerian temple

  5. Palaces • The palace at Nippur

  6. Fortresses • This is all the is left of the akkadian fortresses that we could find

  7. Sculpture • One Akkadian sculpture has survived which is believed to depict king sargon himself can be found in the Iraqi museum

  8. Bronze sculpture of king sargon • One of the only sculptures to survive the akkadian era and is rumored to represent to great king sargon

  9. Religion • The Akkadian culture was polytheistic which means they believed in more then one god or goddess • their gods were Anthropomorphic • Anthromorphic – to take human form • Because they took on human form they also had human qualities. Gods could have such human traits as greed, jealousy, intelligence and humor • An is the sky god • Enlil is the god of air • Nanna in the moon god • Utu is the god of the sun • Believed that gods were responsible for creating the universe and everything in it

  10. Form of writing • Akkadians used cuneiform script adapted from the Sumerian system • Had between 200 and 400 symbols which consisted of phonograms represents spoken syllables

  11. Other interesting facts • Many of their hymns were written to the sun god known as utu • They used light to symbolize divinity and the king shined in divine condition and therefore emitted rays of light.

  12. Works cited • http://www.omniglot.com/writing/akkadian.htm • http://faculty.etsu.edu/kortumr/02mesopotamia/htmdescriptionpages/13akkadian.htm • http://www.aushariye.hum.ku.dk/english/midbronze.htm • http://etap.org/demo/grade6_history/lesson2/instruction1tutor.html • http://www.hudsonfla.com/artempires.htm • www.historyguide.org/ancient/lecture4b.html

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