Ebla (Arabic: إبلا,
modern: تل مرديخ, Tell Mardikh), was one of the earliest kingdoms in Syria.
Mari (modern Tell Hariri, Arabic: تل حريري),
Akkad was a major empire in
ancient Mesopotamia in the 3rd millennium BCE. The area covered by the kingdom
is now located in the region of present-day Iraq, eastern Turkey and northern
Syria. Exact location of city is unknown.
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City
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Founded
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c. 3500 BC
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c. 2900 BC
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Abandoned
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7th century AD
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3rd century BC
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Cultures
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Excavation dates
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1964–2011; Public access
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Public access
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Archaeologists
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Condition
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Ruined
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Ruined
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Kingdoms
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1st , 2nd, 3rd
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2nd, 3rd
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Capital
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Ebla
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Mari
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Languages
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Eblaite, Eblaite, Amorite
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Religion
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Mesopotamian; Levantine
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Established
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c. 3000, 2300, 2000
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c.
2500, 2266
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c. 2334
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Disestablished
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c. 2300, 2000, 1600
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c. 2290, 1761
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c. 2154
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Semitic
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Amorite
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Semitic
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Eblaite
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Native to/Region
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ancient Mesopotamia, by the Amorites
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Extinct/Era
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2nd millennium BC
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3rd millennium
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𒀝𒅗𒁺𒌑
akkadû |
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Semitic
§ Akkadian
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Native to/ Region
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Era
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Mid-3rd mille. - 8th cent.; acad. / lit. use until 100 AD
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Official lang. in (init. Akkad
(cen.Mesopotamia);
lingua
franca of the Middle East and Egypt in the l. Bronze
and e. Iron
Ages.
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eme-g̃ir, eme-gi
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Native to
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Region
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Mesopotamia (modern-day Iraq)
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Era
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Attested from c. 3000 BC. Effectively extinct from about 2000–1800
BC; used as classical language until about 100 AD.
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