89-2 sumeria Akkadian Period

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The Akkadian Empire /əˈkeɪdiən/^[2] was the first ancient Semitic-speaking empire of Mesopotamia, centered in the city of Akkad /ˈækæd/^[3] and its surrounding region, also called Akkad in ancient Mesopotamia. The empire united all the Akkadian and Sumerianspeakers for the first time under one rule. The Akkadian Empire controlled Mesopotamia

During the 3rd millennium BC, there developed a very intimate cultural symbiosis between the Sumerians and the Akkadians, which included widespread bilingualism.^[5] Akkadian gradually replaced Sumerian as a spoken language somewhere between the 3rd and the 2nd millennia BC (

The Akkadian Empire reached its political peak between the 24th and 22nd centuries BC, following the conquests by its founderSargon of Akkad (2334–2279 BC). Under Sargon and his successors, the Akkadian language was briefly imposed on neighboring conquered states such as Elam and Gutium. Akkad is sometimes regarded as the first empire in history,^[7] though there are earlier Sumerian claimants

fter the fall of the Akkadian Empire, the people of Mesopotamia eventually coalesced into two major Akkadian-speaking nations:Assyria in the north, and, a few centuries later, Babylonia in the south.