Sumerian
first known attested written language
language isolate linguistically - made deciphering difficult
Akkadian
Semitic language
Cuneiform
writing system used for Sumerian and Akkadian
“wedge-shaped”/”nail-writing”
first evidence of cuneiform during Uruk Period
Kassites
ruled Babylon during Middle Babylonian period
Hittites
Indo-European people of Anatolia
formed a confederacy with Babylon, Mitanni, and Egypt
“land of a thousand gods” because honored the gods of those they conquered
Cash Cah
mountain people who raided the Hittites