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Akkadian Empire

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Abstract

The Akkadian imperial system forced:

  1. 1.

    seizure and reallocation of southern and northern Mesopotamian estates and landholdings;

  2. 2.

    removal of northern secondary centers and concentration of population in walled cities; and

  3. 3.

    installation of Akkadian imperial metrology for rations and imperial taxes.

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  1. Department of Anthropology and Near Eastern Languages and Literatures, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, USA

    Harvey Weiss

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  1. Lawrence University, Appleton, Wisconsin, USA

    Peter N. Peregrine

  2. Human Relations Area Files/Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, USA

    Melvin Ember

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Weiss, H. (2002). Akkadian. In: Peregrine, P.N., Ember, M. (eds) Encyclopedia of Prehistory. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-0023-0_2

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