Traces of Akkadian live on in languages like Arabic and Hebrew, and the basic achievements of the Akkadian-speaking people of ancient times are directly linked to our modern civilization.

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Old Assyrian was spoken between1950–1530 BC, Middle Assyrian between 1530–1000 BC, and Neo-Assyrian between the years 1000–600 BC. Assyrian served as the lingua franca during much of the Old ...