Title: Akkadian Study Guide
Tags: Akkadian Akkadian::Introduction
On every note of this deck, unless a note says otherwise:
Resource: A Grammar Of Akkadian Third Edition by John Huehnergard

Front: Akkadian is also called? (2 answers)
Back: Assyrian
Babylonian

Front: What was the writing system of Akkadian called?
Back: Cuneiform

Front: What language was Cuneiform originally designed for?
Back: Sumerian

Front: What was the northern Akkadian dialect?
Back: Assyrian

Front: What was the southern Akkadian dialect?
Back: Babylonian

Front: What Akkadian dialect became the classical language of the Ancient Near East?
Back: Old Babylonian

Front: What later Akkadian dialect mimicked Old Babylonian?
Back: Standard Babylonian

Front: What is the term for the Akkadian dialects that were geographically distant from Babylon and Assyria?
Back: Peripheral Akkadian
Notes: These dialects were often mixed with the grammar and vocabulary of the native language.

Front: Give the dates for Old Akkadian.
Back: 2500-2000 BC

Front: Give the dates for Old Assyrian/Babylonian.
Back: 2000-1500 BC

Front: Give the dates for Middle Assyrian/Babylonian.
Back: 1500-1000 BC

Front: Give the dates for Neo-Assyrian/Babylonian.
Back: 1000-600 BC

Front: Give the dates for Late Babylonian.
Back: 600 BC – 100 AD

Front: Give the three major periods of Assyrian.
Back: Old Assyrian
Middle Assyrian
Neo-Assyrian
Notes: Old Assyrian (2000-1500)
Middle Assyrian (1500-1000)
Neo-Assyrian (1000-600)

Front: Give the four major periods of Babylonian.
Back: Old Babylonian
Middle Babylonian
Neo-Babylonian
Late Babylonian
Notes: Old Babylonian  (2000-1500)
Middle Babylonian (1500-1000)
Neo-Babylonian (1000-600)
Late Babylonian (600-100 ad)

Front: What is an Assyriologist?
Back: a person who studies and prepares texts of Akkadian

Front: What is an autograph-copy?
Back: a hand-drawn representation of a text

Front: What is a transliteration?
Back: a Latin-character representation of a text