Akkadian Empire

1. The Royal courts, in the Middle Ages had their own messengers who were used as courier agents. Do you know that these courier agents were paid just a little more than labourers at that time? 2. It was only in the year 2400 BC that the first documented courier service was introduced. The Pharaohs of Egypt are credited for the start of the documentation of deliveries and correspondence. 3. Do you what was the name given to the first courier service in the United States of America? You would be…

Let 's say, you come home from cleaning an irrigation ditch, hot in the sun, cleaning all day. You see some sort of plant has infected your left leg, leaving a large puffy numb section of your leg. You go home and show it to your wife and ask her opinion, she says go to the surgeon and get it checked, and you do. The surgeon peers skeptically at the throbbing skin, and finally makes a consultation on the marks. He Believes he will have to cut you open with a bronze lancet, and let the infected…

Topoi of revealed secrets occur in over twenty-five ANE sources, ranging from Sumer, Babylon, and Persia in the east to Egypt and Greece in the west. In the following subsection is three positive-revelation sources possibly holding a parent-child relationship with Second Temple writings. The second subsection contains two for negative revelation. The three most likely sources for parent-child relationships are (1) the Ascent of Enmeduranki, (2) the Assyrian version of the Epic of Gilgamesh, and…

our world. By studying the laws and customs of these civilizations one is able to determine just how impactful these societies were. The Babylonian society believed the gods were in infinite control and appointed specific leaders to run their Empire. One of those leaders was Hammurabi. Hammurabi claimed to have received the law from the sun god, Shamash. He named this law Hammurabi’s Code. Social status was key in this…

Khammurabi (Hammurabi) was the sixth king of Babylon. King Hammurabi ruled from 1729 to 1750 BCE. Not long after he was crowned, Hammurabi expanded his empire until he ruled over all of Mesopotamia, now known as Iraq. Hammurabi is famously known for the laws that were enforced in his kingdom. Although the rules may have been strict, the punishments usually resulted in the loss of a limb or death. There are 282 laws and punishments contained in the laws of Hammurabi’s code.…

The Code of Hammurabi is the first complete written and well-organized code of law for the Babylonians of ancient Mesopotamia. The total code consists of 282 laws and they are on the stone stele with other various clay tablets. The code is written by King Hammurabi who came to power around 1792 BC. Using the purpose of King Hammurabi’s uniting Mesopotamian cultures he called the laws were from the gods in a dream. Additionally, he used them to deterrent, burning, whipping, and death. The goal…

practices such as writing, agriculture, and city-building. The Assyrians arose from this area to become a massive international empire which, through their literature, culture, and military conquests, had a profound effect on the different civilizations that existed in this and surrounding areas over the next several centuries. Although the Assyrians are thought as a great empire many believe them to be bloodthirsty savages, as…

Mesopotamia means “land between the rivers” in Greek. The name basically reflects the centrality of the Euphrates and Tigris Rivers to the way of life in this region. Mesopotamian civilization developed in the plain alongside and between the rivers, which originate in the mountains of eastern Anatolia and empty into the Persian Gulf. Mesopotamia lies mostly within modern Iraq. To the north and east, an arc of mountains extends from northern syria and southeastern Anatolia to the Zagros mountains…

The Great Accomplishments of the Akkadians Thousands of years ago in the distant land of Sumeria, the people lived in peace for hundreds of years. However, in the year 2300 BCE, this time of peace came to an abrupt ending when the Akkadians, the militaristic and warlike people to the north, came down and in one powerful thrust conquered the Sumerian people. These Akkadians forever left their mark on history for two reasons: First, they were the first to ever conquer an entire civilization.…

Head of an Akkadian Ruler Vs. Funerary Mask of ‘Agamemnon’ Comparing two sculptures can be overwhelming. The two pieces of artworks I have chosen are both heads of former rulers, each of them coming from a different empire. Nobody knows who made each of these artworks. The first sculpture for comparison is the head of an Akkadian ruler also known as the “Head of Sargon the Great”(). The second sculpture is to be compared and contrasted with is the Mask of Agamemnon. Both being the same type of…