Assertion: empire's language | /r/CapableOf | become common
Facets:
value: increasingly
type: DEGREE
value: in the neo-assyrian period
type: TEMPORAL
Source sentences:
text: In the Neo-Assyrian period, the Aramaic language became increasingly common, more so than Akkadian—this was thought to be largely due to the mass deportations undertaken by Assyrian kings, in which large Aramaic-speaking populations, conquered by the Assyrians, were relocated to Assyria and interbred with the Assyrians, and due to the fact that Tiglath-pileser II made it the lingua franca of Assyria and its empire in the 8th century BC.