CIVILIZATION
AKKADIAN
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Question
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They traded gold and jewelry
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They worked for money and used money to buy things
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they grew enough food to trade with other nations
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -The economy was dependent on irrigated farmlands of southern Iraq, and rain-fed agriculture of Northern Iraq. There was often a surplus of agriculture but shortages of other goods, like metal ore, timber, and building stone.
Detailed explanation-2: -Akkadians ate fish, duck, geese, deer, and small game, such as rabbits. They raised sheep, goats, and cattle for meat and dairy products. They grew chickpeas, wheat, millet, and barley. Wild cereals grew near the rivers.
Detailed explanation-3: -In addition to this, the Akkadians built a road system that connected their major cities. This allowed for easier, faster transportation of people and goods from one place to the other. They also created a postal service complete with postage stamps in the form of seals made from clay.
Detailed explanation-4: -The Akkadians In 2334 BCE, Sargon of Akkad launched a series of conquests from his city on the Euphrates River. The empire he conquered extended from the Persian Gulf, up the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers as far as Anatolia (modern Turkey).