What is the original language of the creation of Babylonia?

Jun 12 2023

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Akkadian, on the other hand, played a more significant role in the formation of Babylonia. It is a Semitic language, which emerged around the third millennium BCE, and it spread throughout Mesopotamia as the region's lingua franca during the Akkadian Empire (2334-2154 BCE). The use of Akkadian continued to grow under the subsequent Assyrian and Babylonian Empires. The written form of Akkadian also utilized the cuneiform script, which evolved over time and was adapted to write other languages as well, such as Elamite and Hittite.

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