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The world view of Sargonic officials: differences in mentality between Sumerians and Akkadians
akkad : the first world empire : structure, ideology, traditions • 5 • Published In 1993 • Pages: 157-169
By: Westenholz, Aage.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
In this document Westenholz presents the text of four Old Akkadian letters written by some of the highest officials of the Sargonic Empire depicting in vivid and imperious tones their world view and attitudes toward others in the society. In addition, the author compares and contrasts social and psychological attitudes between Sumerians and early Akkadians in reference to such things as social organization, politics, religion, mythology, history, and art
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Writing
- Texts translated into english
- Chief executive
- Status, role, and prestige
- General character of religion
- Spirits and gods
- Historical reconstruction
- traditionCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Akkadian
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2009
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- Middle East
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Middle East
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- essay
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Archaeologist
- Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- John Beierle; 2008
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- no date
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 4334-4113 BP (2334-2113 BC)
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Akkadian Period, Mesopotamia: Current countries are Iraq, Syria, Turkey, and Iran
- NotesAdditional notes
- Aage Westenholz
- Proceedings of the Conference 'Akkad. Il primo impero universale: strutture, ideologia, tradizioni' held at the University of Rome 'La Sapienza' on December 5th to 7th, 1990
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 95100216
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Akkadians/Iraq History To 634