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Akkadian language

language culture Maturity 11-13

Long ago, people spoke Akkadian.

Cuneiform script.jpg
Cuneiform script.jpg
They wrote on soft clay. They used small tools to make marks. These marks look like little wedges. It was a very special way to talk. People used it for many years. Do you like to write on clay?

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File:AkkadischLand.png
AkkadischLand.png
File:Cuneiform script.jpg
Cuneiform script.jpg
File:Georg Friedrich Grotefend.jpg
Georg Friedrich Grotefend.jpg
File:GilgameshTablet.jpg
GilgameshTablet.jpg
File:AO 5477 (photograph and transcription).jpg
AO 5477 (photograph and transcription).jpg
File:Inscription in Babylonian, in the Xerxes I inscription at Van, 5th century BCE.jpg
Inscription in Babylonian, in the Xerxes...
File:Nebuchadnezzar II bronze step inscription.jpg
Nebuchadnezzar II bronze step inscription.jpg
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📚 Content adapted from Wikipedia | Readability: FK 12.6 | Vital Level 4