It was the official language of the Akkadian Empire, the Old Babylonian Empire, and the Neo-Babylonian Empire. Akkadian was also used in the Achaemenid and Parthian Empires.
The Akkadian language is closely related to Hebrew, Arabic, and Aramaic. It is written in the cuneiform script, which was also used to write other languages, such as Sumerian, Elamite, and Hittite.
Akkadian literature includes a wide range of genres, such as myths, epics, hymns, prayers, legal texts, and scientific texts. The most famous Akkadian literary works include the Epic of Gilgamesh and the Code of Hammurabi.
Akkadian was the dominant language of Mesopotamia for over two millennia, and it had a profound influence on the development of Western culture.