Cultural Symbiosis With The Sumerian And Semitic-Based Akkadians

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The Akkadians were in control of Mesopotamia and have sent their military expeditions to the far south. During the third millennium BCE, their cultural symbiosis with the Sumerians and Semitic-based Akkadians; the Mesopotamian language was in relation to Hebrew and Arabic. The language of Akkadian was different from Sumer; however, they have used the Sumerians’ cuneiform for their documents. Naram-Sin, the grandson of Sargon, regarded the governors to his cities to his royal servants to something akin to a god. One of the artwork from this period is displayed at the Metropolitan Museum of Art and it has captured a hunting scene. The cylinder seal and model impression: hunter scene was created in the Akkadian period, around 2250-2150 B.C.E

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