Akkadian or Accadian may refer to:
* Akkadians, inhabitants of the
Akkadian Empire
The Akkadian Empire () was the first ancient empire of Mesopotamia after the long-lived civilization of Sumer. It was centered in the city of Akkad (city), Akkad () and its surrounding region. The empire united Akkadian language, Akkadian and ...
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Akkadian language
Akkadian (, Akkadian: )John Huehnergard & Christopher Woods, "Akkadian and Eblaite", ''The Cambridge Encyclopedia of the World's Ancient Languages''. Ed. Roger D. Woodard (2004, Cambridge) Pages 218-280 is an extinct East Semitic language th ...
, an extinct Eastern Semitic language
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Akkadian literature
Akkadian literature is the ancient literature written in the Akkadian language (Assyrian and Babylonian dialects) in Mesopotamia (Assyria and Babylonia) during the period spanning the Middle Bronze Age to the Iron Age (roughly the 23rd to 6th ce ...
, literature in this language
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Akkadian cuneiform
Cuneiform is a logo-syllabic script that was used to write several languages of the Ancient Middle East. The script was in active use from the early Bronze Age until the beginning of the Common Era. It is named for the characteristic wedge-sha ...
, early writing system
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Akkadian mythology
Akkadian literature is the ancient literature written in the Akkadian language (Assyrian and Babylonian dialects) in Mesopotamia (Assyria and Babylonia) during the period spanning the Middle Bronze Age to the Iron Age (roughly the 23rd to 6th ce ...
, early Mesopotamian religion
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Acadian (disambiguation)
An Acadian is a native of Acadia, a region of northeastern North America.
Acadian may also refer to:
*''Acadian (train)'', a Southern Pacific passenger train
*Acadian (automobile), a make of automobile produced by General Motors of Canada
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Akadia (disambiguation) Akadia may refer to :
* Akadia, Gujarat, a village in western India
* Akadia State, a former petty Rajput princely state with seat in the above town
See also
* Acadia (disambiguation)
* Akkadian (disambiguation) Akkadian or Accadian may refer to: ...
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Akkad (disambiguation) Akkad may refer to:
*Akkad (city), the capital of the Akkadian Empire
*Akkadian Empire, the first ancient empire of Mesopotamia
* Akkad SC, Iraqi football club
People with the name
*Abbas el-Akkad, Egyptian writer
* Abdulrahman Akkad, Syrian LGBT a ...
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