Mesopotamia is the ancient Greek name (meaning “the land between two rivers”, the Tigris and Euphrates) for the region corresponding to modern-day Iraq and parts of Iran, Syria, and Turkey. https://www.worldhistory.org/article/1600/ten-ancient-mesopotamia-facts-you-need-to-know/ #History #Akkad #Beer #Cuneiform

Akkad was the seat of the Akkadian Empire (2334-2218 BCE), the first multi-national political entity in the world, founded by Sargon the Great (r. https://www.worldhistory.org/akkad/ #History #Akkad #Enheduanna #Eridu

Ur was a city in the region of Sumer, southern Mesopotamia, and its ruins lie in what is modern-day Tell el-Muqayyar, Iraq. https://www.worldhistory.org/ur/ #History #Akkad #Amorite #City

Fashion and dress in Mesopotamia – clothing, footwear, and accessories – was not only functional but defined one's social status and developed from a simple loincloth in the Ubaid Period (c. 5000-4100 BCE) to brightly colored robes and dresses by the time of Sassanian Empire (224-651 CE). Styles changed, but essential form and function remained the same. #History #Sumer #Mesopotamia #Akkad #HistoryFacts https://www.worldhistory.org/article/2198/fashion--dress-in-ancient-mesopotamia/

The Myth of Etana is the story of the Sumerian antediluvian King of Kish who ascends to heaven on an eagle to request the Plant of Birth from the gods so that he might have a son.https://www.worldhistory.org/article/224/the-myth-of-etana/ #Akkad #Ashurbanipal #Etana #History

The Legend of Sargon of Akkad (c. 2300 BCE) is an Akkadian work from Mesopotamia understood as the autobiography of Sargon of Akkad (Sargon the Great , r. 2334-2279 BCE), founder of the Akkadian Empire . The earliest copy is dated to the 7th century BCE and was found in the ruins of the Library of Ashurbanipal in the 19th century. https://www.worldhistory.org/article/746/the-legend-of-sargon-of-akkad/ #SargonOfAkkad #Akkad #History

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The Myth of Etana is the story of the Sumerian antediluvian King of Kish who ascends to heaven on an eagle to request the Plant of Birth from the gods so that he might have a son. Etana is named as the first king of Kish in the Sumerian King List (composed c. 2100 BCE) which claims he reigned early in the 3rd millenium BCE. According to the Sumerian King List, Etana was known as "he who stabili...https://www.worldhistory.org/article/224/the-myth-of-etana/ #Akkad #Ashurbanipal #Etana #History

Sargon of Akkad (r. 2334 - 2279 BCE) was the king of the Akkadian Empire of Mesopotamia, the first multi-national empire in history, who united the disparate kingdoms of the region under a central authority. He is equally famous today as the father of the great poet-priestess Enheduanna (l. 2285-2250 BCE), the first author known by name in history.
https://www.worldhistory.org/Sargon_of_Akkad/ #Akkad #Anu #AssyrianWarfare

Inanna is the ancient Sumerian goddess of love, sensuality, fertility, procreation, and also of war. She later became identified by the Akkadians and Assyrians as the goddess Ishtar, and further with the Hittite Sauska, the Phoenician Astarte and the Greek Aphrodite, among many others.
https://www.worldhistory.org/Inanna/ #Akkad #Aphrodite #Enheduanna

The Myth of Etana is the story of the Sumerian antediluvian King of Kish who ascends to heaven on an eagle to request the Plant of Birth from the gods so that he might have a son. Etana is named as the first king of Kish in the Sumerian King List (composed c. 2100 BCE) which claims he reigned early in the 3rd millenium BCE. According to the Sumerian King List, Etana was known as "he who stabili...https://www.worldhistory.org/article/224/the-myth-of-etana/ #Akkad #Ashurbanipal #Etana

Akkad was the seat of the Akkadian Empire (2334-2218 BCE), the first multi-national political entity in the world, founded by Sargon the Great (r. 2334-2279 BCE) who unified Mesopotamia under his rule and set the model for later Mesopotamian kings to follow or attempt to surpass. The Akkadian Empire set a number of "firsts' which would later become standard.
https://www.worldhistory.org/akkad/ #Akkad #Enheduanna #Eridu

The Exaltation of Inanna is an Akkadian hymn to Ishtar (Sumerian: Inanna) and is the world's oldest attributed writing.

The hymn was written by the Enheduana, the daughter of Sargon of Akkad, during her time as the high priestess of the moon god Sin (Sumerian: Nanna), and is one of a body of work attributed to her.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QYePdwN5ujo

#hymn #ishtar #english #translation #inanna #sumer #akkad

Sargon of Akkad (also known as Sargon of Agade and Sargon the Great, reigned 2334 to 2279 BCE), the founder of the Akkadian Empire, was a man keenly aware of his times and the people he would rule over. While he was clearly a brilliant military leader, it was the story he told of his youth and rise to power that exerted a powerful influence over the Sumerians he sought to conquer. Instead of re...https://www.worldhistory.org/article/746/the-legend-of-sargon-of-akkad/ #Akkad #Literature #SargonofAkkad

The Myth of Etana is the story of the Sumerian antediluvian King of Kish who ascends to heaven on an eagle to request the Plant of Birth from the gods so that he might have a son. Etana is named as the first king of Kish in the Sumerian King List (composed c. 2100 BCE) which claims he reigned early in the 3rd millenium BCE. According to the Sumerian King List, Etana was known as "he who stabili...https://www.worldhistory.org/article/224/the-myth-of-etana/ #Akkad #Ashurbanipal #Etana