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Describe the language of Mesopotamia |
| Answer» The principal\xa0languages\xa0of ancient\xa0Mesopotamia\xa0were Sumerian, Babylonian and Assyrian (together sometimes known as \'Akkadian\'), Amorite, and - later - Aramaic. They have come down to us in the "cuneiform" (i.e. wedge-shaped) script, deciphered by Henry Rawlinson and other scholars in the 1850s.\xa0The principal languages of ancient Mesopotamia were\xa0Sumerian,\xa0Babylonian\xa0and\xa0Assyrian\xa0(together sometimes known as \'Akkadian\'), Amorite, and - later -\xa0Aramaic. They have come down to us in the "cuneiform" (i.e. wedge-shaped) script, deciphered by Henry Rawlinson and other scholars in the 1850s. | |