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ID: 7032822
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Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of Akkad (lost settlement)  Akkad (lost settlement)

Note: Although its exact location is still unknown, the city was in the area where the Tigris and Euphrates rivers are nearest each other. The name of the kingdom of Akkad was taken from the name of the city, which was founded by the Semitic conqueror Sargon in about 2300 BCE. Sargon united the various city-states in the region and extended his rule to encompass much of Mesopotamia.

Names:
Akkad (preferred,C,V)
Agade (H,O)

Hierarchical Position:
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of Asia (continent)  ....  Asia (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of Al-ʻIrāq (nation)  ........  Al-ʻIrāq (nation) (P)
Hierarchy of Nīnawá (governorate)  ............  Nīnawá (governorate) (P)
Hierarchy of Akkad (lost settlement)  ................  Akkad (lost settlement) (P)

Place Types:
lost settlement (preferred, C)
inhabited place (H)
city (H)  ............  founded by Sargon ca. 2300 BCE

Related geographic places:
capital of ....  Akkadian Empire .......... (former nation/state/empire)
..................  (World, Asia) [8711721]

Sources and Contributors:
Agade..........  [VP]
..............  Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-2014) "Akkad," accessed 28 April 2009
Akkad..........  [VP Preferred]
..............  Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-2014) accessed 28 April 2009
..............  Parrot, Sumer (1961) 341
Subject: .....  [VP]
..................  Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-2014) accessed 28 April 2009
..................  Parrot, Sumer (1961) 341
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]
..........  Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-2014) accessed 28 April 2009
..........  Parrot, Sumer (1961) 341

 

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