These clay records are incredibly detailed, showing fierce governmental oversight by the Akkadian Empire. “They note absolutely everything down,” Rey tells the Observer.

Evidence of the Akkadian Empire’s administration Girsu held religious importance in Sumerian times as a sanctuary for the god Ningirsu.

The Akkadian Empire (ca. 2340–2198 b.c.) represented something entirely new in human history: a dynasty that conquered and ruled over a vast territory, incorporating people of different ...