The Akkadians were ancient group of people from the Semitic linguistic group. They started to thrive in Mesopotamia but not by war and overtaking the Summers., but instead they created a symbiosis. The Akkadians started to adopt lot of cultural traits from the Summers, while the Summers started to adopt the Akkadian language. The Akkadians quickly became dominant and after several military conquests they managed to control pretty much all of the valley of Tigris and Euphrates and its surroundings.
