The Akkadian Empire only lasted for a short dynasty — at least ... At this time, most Mesopotamian cities had patron gods or goddesses. Uruk, for example, paid tribute to the goddess Inanna, also ...

Four newly deciphered tablets written in Old Babylonian, a form of Akkadian ... sky had counterparts in events on Earth.” To attempt to stay ahead of the gods, Babylonian kings employed ...

It’s a bit of a cliché to say empires rise and fall, but have you ever wondered what the oldest empire in recorded history was? Well that title seems to go to the Akkadian Empire, the first ...