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- In 2334 BCE , a new city-state rose around the city of Akkad , further north in central Mesopotamia.
The Akkadians, 2334 BCE
A new city-state at Akkad
1. Language
Akkadian, not Sumerian
Example:
Same cuneiform script
2. Power
First dynastic empire
Example:
Sargon
3. Writing
Creative literature grew
Example:
Epic of Gilgamesh
- It overshadowed the Sumerians .
- They spoke Akkadian, a language different from Sumerian , but both used the same cuneiform script .
- Akkadian records show power being brought together over many regions.
- This created the world's first dynastic empire - an empire ruled by one family.
- It was also a period which saw the evolution of creative literature .
A dynastic empire is one ruled by a single family, passed from father to son.
