Blurb:

This chapter introduces the Akkadians who occupied the regions of Tigris-Euphrates river north of the cities of Nippar and Sippar, who like the Sumerians to their south, lived in cities dominated by large temples and shared similar lifestyles. Topics discussed:


- the myth of Sargon


- changes in kingship


- the kingdom of Akkad


- the bronze head of Sargon


- the end of Akkad


- the Third Dynasty of Ur and the Sumerian reviva


- the Laws of Ur-Nammu


-Sumero-Akkadian architecture