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 ...

Before the recent Girsu excavations, the knowledge and functioning of the Akkadian Empire were poorly understood. The recent discovery of tablets is highly important because it provides the first ...

Changes in stalagmite chemistry from this cave have now linked the collapse of the Akkadian Empire to climate changes more than 4,000 years ago. Akkadia was the world's first empire. It was ...

Sackler Gallery Archives. Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. In the latter half of the third millenium B.C., the Akkadian Empire stretched across vast swaths of Mesopotamia, helmed by ...

The Akkadian Empire flourished during the Bronze Age and new evidence suggests their sudden demise was brought about by catastrophic dust storms. The Akkadian Empire ruled parts of ancient ...

The empire's demise was aided by a prolonged, cold winter, researchers found by reconstructing the past climate using coral records. The first united domain in Mesopotamia, the Akkadian Empire ...