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Word: akkadian (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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...firm idea of who you are and what you will become, but by the end of first semester, you might discover that you no longer want to be a doctor, or a businessperson or "God help us, a lawyer." Instead, he explained, you might discover a passion for Akkadian texts or for the life and times of airborne spores. And while you might have trouble convincing your parents that airborne spores really are your calling, you should follow the soaring path to which those glorious spores will lead you. Various deans then spoke about the wonders of living...

Author: By Dara Horn, | Title: Finding Life After Nostalgia | 6/10/1999 | See Source »

...Akkadian 154a. Peripheral Akkadian...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: A Quickie Guide to Picking Courses | 9/16/1994 | See Source »

...crippled the farming communities on which the cities depended, forcing urban dwellers to abandon their empty granaries and silent temples. Refugees migrated to southern Mesopotamia (now Iraq), which had escaped the disaster. But the unexpected influx of people from the north so strained the region's resources that the Akkadian empire fell to neighboring hordes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Mystery of the 300-Year Drought | 8/30/1993 | See Source »

...excavating the ancient Akkadian city of Shekhna in what is now Syria, Weiss and his colleagues determined that the urban center, once a thriving home for 10,000 people, was deserted for three centuries. One layer, which they dated to 2200 B.C., revealed the crumbling walls of a ghost town. It also provided some important clues about the weather. "Ancient soils bear a climatic signature," Weiss explains. "In a dry climate, you see very little earthworm activity and lots of loose silt, for example...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Mystery of the 300-Year Drought | 8/30/1993 | See Source »

...amount of administrative work and escort students to the infirmary as needed. They should not be asked questions about the content of the examination. On a recent day, the proctors in Memorial hall would have had to be conversant in Intro Psychology, Major British Writers and Elementary Akkadian in order to provide the type of help Hixson seems to want. The course head or delegate is responsible for answering questions on the examination itself, and if no person from the course is in the examination room, then the head proctor will call...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Self-Scheduled Nightmares | 2/3/1992 | See Source »

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