DIKO NA KAYA by Charl Dustin Robosa <3 a script for an ss presentation about the

Akkadians

“The empire experienced a period of successful conquest”

Meaning the akkadian empire successfully ruled and triumphed
because of (gentle) benign climatic conditions, (An agricultural
production that exceeds the needs of the society for which it is
being produced)huge agricultural surpluses, and the confiscation of
wealth.

“Regarded as the first empire in history”

Empire: an aggregate of many separate states or territories under a
supreme ruler

“Had 3 social classes”

The high class was royalty, priests, and nobles, middle class was
teachers, merchants and laborers, lower class was slaves and
prisoners of war

“Longest reigning and most influential leader was King Sargon”

He was the first ruler of Akkadia, influential By lowering physical
and linguistic barriers and unifying his realm, he promoted
commerce both within Mesopotamia and well beyond, also was the
one who founded the Akkadian Dynasty

“The akkadians believed in 20 gods”

● Some of which were hamash (Utu): Sun god, judge of the gods,
associated with justice, law, and morality.
● Ishtar (Inanna): Goddess of love, war, fertility, and the planet Venus,
representing a complex and powerful figure.

● Other important gods: Adad (rain), Sin (moon), Nanna (moon), Nergal
(underworld), Marduk (later rose to prominence in Babylon).

“The akkadians were the worlds first empire”

This is a contribution mainly because it set many systems up for other empires to
use like the first laws to be implemented in an empire and also the mailing system. It
showed people that uniting a civilization under one ruler was possible a
“The eventual splitting of the empire”
Split into the Assyrian Empire in the north and the Babylonian empire in the south.