Akkadian Empire
WHS with close links to the Akkadian Empire (c. 2334 – 2154 BC), considered the world's first ever Empire. Does not include references to the use of the Akkadian language, which continued for some 2,000 years after the fall of the Empire.
Connected Sites
| Site | Rationale | Link |
| Ahwar of Southern Iraq | "Uruk was ultimately annexed to the Akkadian Empire and went into considerable decline.", "Ur came under the control of the Akkadian Empire founded by Sargon the Great between the 24th and 22nd centuries BCE" (nom file) | |
| Aleppo | "Aleppo was ruled successively by the Hittites, Assyrians, Akkadians, Greeks, Romans, Umayyads, Ayyubids, Mameluks and Ottomans" (OUV Statement); its early incarnation of Arman was possibly conquered by Naram-Sin of Akkad or possibly his grandfather Sargon in the 23rd century BC | |
| Ashur | "buildings of Ashur provide an outstanding record of the evolution of building practice from the Sumerian and Akkadian period through the Assyrian empire" (Crit iv OUV) | |
| Babylon | "Babylon’s cultural legacy was enhanced by previous Akkadian and Sumerian cultural achievements, which included the cuneiform writing system" (OUV crit iii) | |
| Susa | "Susa was the capital of an Akkadian province until ca. 2100 BC" (wiki), "From the Akkadian period (c.2334 – 2154) to the collapse of the Ur III Dynasty in 2004 BC, a sequence of Mesopotamian kings ruled over Susa" (nom file) |
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