First Civilizations - Ancient Mesopotamia and Ancient Egypt (Second Edition) - Robert Chadwick
4 The Akkadians and the Ur III Dynasty
First Civilizations - Ancient Mesopotamia and Ancient Egypt (Second Edition) - Robert Chadwick
Robert Chadwick [+]
Bishop's University
Robert Chadwick is the co-director of the Wadi ath-Thamad Project and currently teaches in the Religion Department at Bishops University, Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada.
Description
This chapter introduces the Akkadians who occupied the regions of Tigris-Euphrates river north of the cities of Nippar and Sippar, who like the Sumerians to their south, lived in cities dominated by large temples and shared similar lifestyles. Topics discussed: - the myth of Sargon - changes in kingship - the kingdom of Akkad - the bronze head of Sargon - the end of Akkad - the Third Dynasty of Ur and the Sumerian reviva - the Laws of Ur-Nammu -Sumero-Akkadian architecture