<P> Assyrian and Akkadian traders spread the use of writing in the form of the Mesopotamian cuneiform script to Asia Minor and The Levant ( modern Syria and Lebanon ) . However , towards the end of the reign of Sargon the Great , the Assyrian faction rebelled against him ; `` the tribes of Assyria of the upper country -- in their turn attacked , but they submitted to his arms , and Sargon settled their habitations , and he smote them grievously '' . </P>
<P> Assyrian and Akkadian traders spread the use of writing in the form of the Mesopotamian cuneiform script to Asia Minor and The Levant ( modern Syria and Lebanon ) . However , towards the end of the reign of Sargon the Great , the Assyrian faction rebelled against him ; `` the tribes of Assyria of the upper country -- in their turn attacked , but they submitted to his arms , and Sargon settled their habitations , and he smote them grievously '' . </P>
what was the assyrians form of writing known as
what was the assyrians form of writing known as
cuneiform
cuneiform