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The 36 pages that link to Akkadian language, each with the reason it gives.

• CuneiformRelated: Akkadian scribes adapted cuneiform signs to represent their language.

• MesopotamiaRelated: Akkadian became a major language of government and diplomacy in the region.

• Epic of GilgameshRelated: The best-known standard form of the epic is an Akkadian poem.

• SumerRelated: Akkadian texts preserved translations and adaptations of Sumerian works.

• Code of HammurabiRelated: The laws were composed in the Babylonian dialect of this language.

• Akkadian EmpireRelated: The empire’s name and ruling tradition are associated with this language.

• NinevehRelated: Assyrian royal inscriptions at Nineveh were composed chiefly in Akkadian.

• Cyrus CylinderRelated: The cylinder’s Babylonian inscription is written in Akkadian.

• HammurabiRelated: The law monument’s inscription is in Akkadian, the language of Babylonian administration.

• Library of AshurbanipalRelated: Many library texts use Akkadian, the language of Assyria and Babylonia.

• AshurbanipalRelated: Many palace records and scholarly texts associated with Ashurbanipal use Akkadian.

• Sargon of AkkadRelated: Akkadian served as a major language of administration across Sargon’s empire.

• Old Babylonian periodRelated: It was the principal language of Babylonian administration and many scholarly texts.

• Late Bronze AgeRelated: It served as a shared diplomatic language among courts with different spoken languages.

• Sargon IIRelated: Sargon’s court used Akkadian for many records that document his rule and campaigns.

• Ashurnasirpal IIRelated: His royal inscriptions used Akkadian to communicate royal claims across the kingdom.

• AssyriologyRelated: Akkadian texts document Assyrian and Babylonian societies across many periods.

• Naram-Sin of AkkadRelated: Akkadian inscriptions conveyed royal commands and commemorations across the empire.

• Elamite languageRelated: Akkadian supplied many loanwords and scribal conventions in Elamite records.

• HurriansRelated: Akkadian served as a diplomatic and administrative language in Hurrian-led Mitanni.

• TushrattaRelated: Tushratta’s surviving diplomatic letters were written in Akkadian.

• Hurrian songsRelated: Akkadian colophons and technical terms accompany Hurrian lyrics on some tablets.

• History of MesopotamiaRelated: Its rise alongside Sumerian reflects the region’s linguistic diversity and political change.

• Lugal-zage-siRelated: Akkadian political power later shared the region with Sumerian culture and language.

• TapputiRelated: The tablet’s instructions are preserved in Akkadian.