Question

Answer all the questions given under each caption:

The Akkadians.

1. When and where did the Akkadians dominate?
2. Mention about the Cuneiform records of Akkadians.
3. What was the change brought in the city of Akkad?
4. Who were Babylonians?

Answer 1

1. The Akkadians dominated Sumeria briefly from 2450 to 2250 BCE. The Sargon of Akkad was a famous ruler.
2. In the Cuneiform records of Akkadians; mention is made about the Indus civilization. The documents of Sargon of Akkadrefer to the ships from Meluhha, Magan, and Dilmun in the quay of Akkad.
3. The city of Akkad later became the city of Babylon, a commercial and cultural center of West Asia.
4. The Semitic people called Amorites from the Arabian desert moved into Mesopotamia. They were known as Babylonians as they established a kingdom and made Babylon it's capital.