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单词 Akkadian
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Definition of Akkadian in English:

Akkadian

noun əˈkadɪənəˈkeɪdɪənəˈkādēən
  • 1An inhabitant of Akkad.

    阿卡得人

    Example sentencesExamples
    • While the Sumerians, Babylonians, Akkadians and other groups were busy creating a Mesopotamian civilization in the Fertile Crescent of the Ancient Near East, another civilization had appeared to the west.
    • The Sumerians, Akkadians, Mesopotamians and Ancient Egyptians certainly enjoyed them.
    • Syria was settled successively by the Akkadians, Arameans, and Canaanites, and formed a valuable province of successive empires, from the Phoenicians to the Byzantines.
    • The first group of people to take over the Mesopotamia region was the Akkadians.
    • Once the inhabitants, the Sumerians and the Akkadians, figured out how to irrigate the river valleys by building canals between the two rivers, the region became the bread bowl of the ancient world.
  • 2mass noun The extinct language of Akkad, written in cuneiform, with two dialects, Assyrian and Babylonian, widely used from about 3500 BC. It is the oldest Semitic language for which records exist.

    阿卡得语(阿卡得人语言,已消亡,为楔形文字,有亚述语和巴比伦语两种方言,从约公元前3500年开始广泛使用;是最古老的有记载的闪族语系语种)

    Example sentencesExamples
    • He says that she has heard him speak in High German, Akkadian, and Aramaic which Peter interprets as his going backward through many past lives.
    • However, in 1927 Neugebauer decided that he wanted to research into Babylonian mathematics and, to enable him to do so, he learnt Akkadian which is the language in which the Babylonians wrote their tablets.
    • They were Sumerian and Akkadian words inscribed in parallel columns on clay tablets in cuneiform writing and were organized thematically.
    • From about 2500 BC onwards, the cuneiform script was also used to write Akkadian and Eblaite, which are Semitic languages.
    • The cosmopolitan nature of the city is evident from the presence of documents written in Ugaritic, Akkadian, Hittite, Egyptian, Hurrian, and even Cypro-Minoan.
adjective əˈkadɪənəˈkeɪdɪənəˈkādēən
  • Relating to Akkad or its language.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Its genre, fictional autobiography, goes back to Akkadian literature.
    • This ‘Succession Myth’ has striking parallels in Akkadian and Hittite texts, and seems originally to have come from the near east.
    • Ancient Egyptian civilization is also discussed in Lecture 4, along with the Akkadian kingdom and Hebrew civilization. copyright © 2000 Steven Kreis
    • The Anchor Bible Dictionary notes these facts: ‘Lilith ‘comes from an Akkadian word lilitu, which was used of lesser deities in Mesopotamia.’
    • The gods ruled the world of men through their earthly representatives, and in the case of the Akkadian kingdom, this meant Sargon.
    • The famous copper head of an Akkadian ruler, perhaps Naramsin, who ruled the entirety of Mesopotamia in 2254-2218 B.C., is a fine example of this type and fortunately has survived the looting.
    • The Sumerians, however, revolted against Akkadian rule and by 2100 BC they were back in control.
    • The most famous literary works to emerge from this tradition are the Epic of Gilgamesh (an Akkadian hero tale) and The Thousand and One Nights (a collection of Arab folk tales).
    • Imperial rule under Sargon and his Akkadian regime obliged local communities to squeeze out a surplus for the dominant city.
    • To be fair, the Akkadian empire didn't even come into existence for another 650 or so years, but just go with it.
    • Sitchin promotes himself as a Biblical scholar and master of ancient languages, but his real mastery was in making up his own translations of Biblical texts to support his readings of Sumerian and Akkadian writings.
    • The world's oldest copper casting, the bust of an Akkadian king, dates from 2300 BC.
    • She taught him Egyptian hieroglyphics; he perfected her Akkadian language.
    • The Initiative for Cuneiform Encoding is an international group organised for the purpose of developing a standard computer encoding for Sumero / Akkadian cuneiform.
    • A seal of the Akkadian period refers to its owner as ‘Silusu, Meluhha interpreter’.
    • Lucy is as pretty as an Akkadian bass relief.
    • This period is marked by the hegemony of the Sumerians under the leadership of Ur-Nammu, founder of the Third Dynasty of Ur, who conquered other Sumerian and Akkadian city-states.
    • Yet neither the Sumerian nor the Akkadian system was a positional system and this advance by the Babylonians was undoubtedly their greatest achievement in terms of developing the number system.
    • How could the loss of mere objects - the bird sculptures from Nemrik, the Uruk Vase, the Akkadian copper head - provoke such a profound human emotion?
    • Many of these cities became quite powerful, and as described earlier, by the beginning of the 23rd century B.C. the Akkadian king Sargon had established a far-flung empire which included Sumer, Akkad, and other lands much further afield.

Rhymes

Acadian, Arcadian, Barbadian, Canadian, circadian, Grenadian, Hadean, Orcadian, Palladian, radian, steradian

Definition of Akkadian in US English:

Akkadian

nounəˈkādēən
  • 1An inhabitant of Akkad.

    阿卡得人

    Example sentencesExamples
    • While the Sumerians, Babylonians, Akkadians and other groups were busy creating a Mesopotamian civilization in the Fertile Crescent of the Ancient Near East, another civilization had appeared to the west.
    • Syria was settled successively by the Akkadians, Arameans, and Canaanites, and formed a valuable province of successive empires, from the Phoenicians to the Byzantines.
    • The Sumerians, Akkadians, Mesopotamians and Ancient Egyptians certainly enjoyed them.
    • The first group of people to take over the Mesopotamia region was the Akkadians.
    • Once the inhabitants, the Sumerians and the Akkadians, figured out how to irrigate the river valleys by building canals between the two rivers, the region became the bread bowl of the ancient world.
  • 2The Semitic language of Akkad.

    Akkadian, known from cuneiform inscriptions, is the oldest Semitic language for which records exist. It was used in Mesopotamia from about 3500 BC; two dialects, Assyrian and Babylonian, were widely spoken in the Middle East for the next 2,000 years, and the Babylonian form functioned as a lingua franca until replaced by Aramaic around the 6th century BC

    Example sentencesExamples
    • They were Sumerian and Akkadian words inscribed in parallel columns on clay tablets in cuneiform writing and were organized thematically.
    • He says that she has heard him speak in High German, Akkadian, and Aramaic which Peter interprets as his going backward through many past lives.
    • From about 2500 BC onwards, the cuneiform script was also used to write Akkadian and Eblaite, which are Semitic languages.
    • However, in 1927 Neugebauer decided that he wanted to research into Babylonian mathematics and, to enable him to do so, he learnt Akkadian which is the language in which the Babylonians wrote their tablets.
    • The cosmopolitan nature of the city is evident from the presence of documents written in Ugaritic, Akkadian, Hittite, Egyptian, Hurrian, and even Cypro-Minoan.
adjectiveəˈkādēən
  • Relating to Akkad in ancient Babylonia or its people or their language.

    (与)阿卡得(有关)的;(与)阿卡得人(有关)的;(与)阿卡得语(有关)的

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The most famous literary works to emerge from this tradition are the Epic of Gilgamesh (an Akkadian hero tale) and The Thousand and One Nights (a collection of Arab folk tales).
    • This period is marked by the hegemony of the Sumerians under the leadership of Ur-Nammu, founder of the Third Dynasty of Ur, who conquered other Sumerian and Akkadian city-states.
    • The Sumerians, however, revolted against Akkadian rule and by 2100 BC they were back in control.
    • She taught him Egyptian hieroglyphics; he perfected her Akkadian language.
    • The world's oldest copper casting, the bust of an Akkadian king, dates from 2300 BC.
    • Imperial rule under Sargon and his Akkadian regime obliged local communities to squeeze out a surplus for the dominant city.
    • Its genre, fictional autobiography, goes back to Akkadian literature.
    • Ancient Egyptian civilization is also discussed in Lecture 4, along with the Akkadian kingdom and Hebrew civilization. copyright © 2000 Steven Kreis
    • To be fair, the Akkadian empire didn't even come into existence for another 650 or so years, but just go with it.
    • A seal of the Akkadian period refers to its owner as ‘Silusu, Meluhha interpreter’.
    • This ‘Succession Myth’ has striking parallels in Akkadian and Hittite texts, and seems originally to have come from the near east.
    • Many of these cities became quite powerful, and as described earlier, by the beginning of the 23rd century B.C. the Akkadian king Sargon had established a far-flung empire which included Sumer, Akkad, and other lands much further afield.
    • Sitchin promotes himself as a Biblical scholar and master of ancient languages, but his real mastery was in making up his own translations of Biblical texts to support his readings of Sumerian and Akkadian writings.
    • The Initiative for Cuneiform Encoding is an international group organised for the purpose of developing a standard computer encoding for Sumero / Akkadian cuneiform.
    • The famous copper head of an Akkadian ruler, perhaps Naramsin, who ruled the entirety of Mesopotamia in 2254-2218 B.C., is a fine example of this type and fortunately has survived the looting.
    • The gods ruled the world of men through their earthly representatives, and in the case of the Akkadian kingdom, this meant Sargon.
    • How could the loss of mere objects - the bird sculptures from Nemrik, the Uruk Vase, the Akkadian copper head - provoke such a profound human emotion?
    • Lucy is as pretty as an Akkadian bass relief.
    • Yet neither the Sumerian nor the Akkadian system was a positional system and this advance by the Babylonians was undoubtedly their greatest achievement in terms of developing the number system.
    • The Anchor Bible Dictionary notes these facts: ‘Lilith ‘comes from an Akkadian word lilitu, which was used of lesser deities in Mesopotamia.’
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