what was the assyrians form of writing known as
Assyria 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 countryâ€”in their turn attacked, but they submitted to his arms, and Sargon settled their habitations, and he smote them grievously".[25]