CIVILIZATION
AKKADIAN
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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True
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False
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Either A or B
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -Around 3000 BCE, the Sumerians had significant cultural interchange with a group in northern Mesopotamia known as the Akkadians-named after the city-state of Akkad. The Akkadian language is related to the modern languages of Hebrew and Arabic. These languages are known as Semitic languages.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Akkadians appeared to share cultural aspects of the Sumerians such as cuneiform writing, and borrowed terms from the Sumerian language. Bilingualism was probably common.
Detailed explanation-3: -The principal languages of ancient Mesopotamia were Sumerian, Babylonian and Assyrian (together sometimes known as ‘Akkadian’), Amorite, and-later-Aramaic. They have come down to us in the “cuneiform” (i.e. wedge-shaped) script, deciphered by Henry Rawlinson and other scholars in the 1850s.
Detailed explanation-4: -Sumer was an ancient civilization founded in the Mesopotamia region of the Fertile Crescent situated between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers. Known for their innovations in language, governance, architecture and more, Sumerians are considered the creators of civilization as modern humans understand it.