10 Incredible Facts About the Akkadian Empire

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Source/Further reading:

https://www.thoughtco.com/sargon-the-great-119970
https://books.google.com/books?id=A5Rl6G-C7a4C&pg=PA51&lpg=PA51&dq=akkadian+silver+mines&source=bl&ots=CpO_T5U8HR&sig=ACfU3U3wSEjrC25VTKRAbkD3WsyfMEmzUA&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiv14qVor7kAhUCQq0KHdwEBq4Q6AEwEXoECAkQAQ#v=onepage&q=akkadian%20silver%20mines&f=false
https://youtu.be/gfS-bnoRahA
https://www.britannica.com/biography/Moses-Hebrew-prophet
https://www.amnh.org/exhibitions/horse/how-we-shaped-horses-how-horses-shaped-us/warfare/riding-into-battles
https://www.ancient.eu/Naram-Sin/
https://books.google.com/books?id=gKNPDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT189&dq=Akkadian+economy+planned&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwi72PSO-LLkAhUBQ60KHRzAA084ChDoATAHegQICBAC#v=onepage&q=Akkadian%20economy%20planned&f=false
https://books.google.com/books?id=iY9xp4pLp88C&pg=PA61&dq=manishtushu+thirty-two+kings&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjGi93MjMrkAhVF4qwKHYcACVIQ6AEwAHoECAgQAg#v=onepage&q=manishtushu%20thirty-two%20kings&f=false
https://www.historians.org/teaching-and-learning/teaching-resources-for-historians/teaching-and-learning-in-the-digital-age/images-of-power-art-as-an-historiographic-tool/victory-stele-of-naram-sin
https://www.ancient.eu/article/746/the-legend-of-sargon-of-akkad/