The archæology of the cuneiform inscriptions (1908) (14780897834)

Identifier: archaeologyofcun00sayc (find matches)
Title: The archæology of the cuneiform inscriptions
Year: 1908 (1900s)
Authors: Sayce, A. H. (Archibald Henry), 1845-1933 Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge (Great Britain). General Literature Committee
Subjects: Cuneiform writing Civilization, Assyro-Babylonian Assyria -- Antiquities
Publisher: London : Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge New York : E. S. Gorham
Contributing Library: University of California Libraries
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN



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ve thus ceased to be Sumerian, and the sceptre hasfallen into the hands of a Semitic race. But there is a third fact. The displacement of theSumerian by the Semite was the case only in NorthernBabylonia. In the south, in the land of Sumer, theolder population continued to be dominant. Sumeriandynasties continued to rule there from time to time,and the old agglutinative language continued to bespoken. When a West-Semitic dynasty governedthe country about B.C. 2200, state proclamations andsimilar official documents had still to be drawn up inthe two languages, Semitic Babylonian and Sumerian.Sumerian did not become extinct till a later day.Indeed, after the fall of the empire of Sargon of Akkadthere seems to have been a Sumerian reaction. WhileSusa was lost to the Semites and became the capitalof a non-Semitic people who spoke an agglutinativelanguage, the power of the Sumerian princes inSouthern Babylonia appears to have revived. At allevents even the dynasty which followed that of the
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