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  • ...nt texts discovered in Iraq is a [[Sumerian language|Sumerian]]-[[Akkadian language|Akkadian]] [[bilingual dictionary]],<ref name=SAW>{{cite web|last=Lawton|fi ...mmemorations in southern Iraq. The name ''qeema'' is an ancient [[Akkadian language|Akkadian]] word meaning 'finely chopped'.<ref>{{cite book|last=Nasrallah|fi
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  • |common_languages = [[Akkadian language|Akkadian]], [[Aramaic language|Aramaic]] ...g three centuries, [[Babylonia]] had been ruled by their fellow [[Akkadian language|Akkadian]] speakers and northern neighbours, [[Assyria]]. A year after the
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  • ...corded in several ancient locations, and related to its predecessor, the [[Sumerian King List]]. As in the latter, contemporaneous dynasties are misleadingly l ...e Second Dynasty of Isin). A fourth version was written in [[Ancient Greek language|Greek]] by [[Berossus]]. The "Babylonian King List of the Hellenistic Age"
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  • |common_languages = Sumerian language |religion = Sumerian religion
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  • |common_languages = Sumerian language |religion = Sumerian religion
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  • |common_languages = Sumerian language |religion = Sumerian religion
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  • ...akiti-šununum'', {{abbr|lit.|Literally}}&nbsp;"barley-sowing"; [[Akkadian language|Akkadian]]:&nbsp;''{{lang|akk-Latn|akitu}}'' or ''{{lang|akk-Latn|rêš-ša ...o festivals celebrating the beginning of each of the two half-years of the Sumerian calendar, marking the sowing of barley in autumn and the cutting of barley
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  • ...econsidered », dans P. Michalovski et N. Veldhuis (dir.), ''Approaches to Sumerian Literature, Studies in Honour of Stip (H. L. J. Vantisphout)'', Leyde et Bo ...-sumérienne publiés.}} Voir aussi {{en}} M. Molina, « The Corpus of Neo-Sumerian Tablets: An Overview », dans S. J. Garfinkle et J. C. Johnson (dir.), ''Th
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  • ...pertaining to the name Alqosh. Some believe it derives from the [[Aramaic language]] and the word Alqoshtti, which means "My god is my arrow". Others interpre ...h the winged disk symbol of God Ashur holding a bow. Meanwhile, in Aramaic language, rainbow is referred to as "Qeshta d' Maran", therefore, the meaning of the
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  • ...00 BC by a non-[[Semitic peoples|Semitic]] people who spoke the [[Sumerian language]] (pointing to the names of cities, rivers, basic occupations, etc. as evid ...sher= |volume=18 |issue=2 |pages= |doi= |accessdate=8 January 2014}}</ref> Sumerian literature speaks of their homeland being [[Dilmun]].
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  • ...gnate the land east of the [[Euphrates]] in north [[Syria]]. The [[Aramaic language|Aramaic]] term ''biritum/birit narim'' corresponded to a similar geographic ==Language and writing==
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  • ...ed a short-lived empire, succeeding the earlier [[Akkadian Empire]], [[Neo-Sumerian Empire]], and [[Assyria#Old Assyrian Kingdom|Old Assyrian Empire]]; however ...ving been wholly subsumed by Chaldean Akkadian. The earlier Chaldeans and Sumerian traditions played a major role in Babylonian (and [[Assyria]]n) culture, an
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  • ...cript|Xsux|𒄩𒄠𒈬𒊏𒁉}} ''Ḫa-am-mu-ra-bi'', from the [[Amorite language|Amorite]] ''ʻAmmurāpi'' ("the kinsman is a healer"), itself from ''ʻAmmu ...city.<ref name="Breasted2003">{{harvnb|Breasted|2003|p=141}}</ref> Earlier Sumerian law codes had focused on compensating the victim of the crime,<ref name="Be
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  • ...tercalary month]] inserted as needed by decree. The calendar is based on a Sumerian ([[Ur III]]) predecessor preserved in the '''Umma calendar''' of [[Shulgi] ...xplaining the absence of texts naming the lunar week as ''Shabbat'' in any language.<ref name=orr>{{cite book|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=Tn4PAAAAYAAJ
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  • {{Infobox language ...lization during the [[Akkadian Empire]] (ca. 2334–2154 BC), although the language itself predates the founding of Akkad by many centuries.
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