The Akkadian Empire is thought to be the oldest empire in recorded history, but there is still much we do not know about its people or the figures who established it. Image credit: Eric de ...

The recent discovery of tablets is highly important because it provides the first concrete, contextualized evidence of the Akkadian Empire’s administration. The detailed records showcase a ...

History's first recorded empire was the Akkadians, established by a man called Sargon in around the 24th century BCE. The Semitic Akkadian peoples would establish the modus operandi for the way ...

Our Fragile Moment Michael Mann PublicAffairs, $30. Over four millennia ago, in the final days of the Akkadian Empire in Mesopotamia, a drought swept over the region, afflicting lands as far away ...

While the Akkadian empire collapsed in 2137 B.C., Enheduanna’s poems continued to be copied for centuries, as part of the standard training of scribes. By about 500 B.C., Enheduanna was ...