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    succeeding the long-lived civilization of Sumer. Centered on the city of Akkad (/ˈækæd/) and its surrounding region, the empire would unite Akkadian and...
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  • Look up Akkad in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Akkad may refer to: Akkad (city), the capital of the Akkadian Empire Akkadian Empire, the first ancient...
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    question marks, boxes, or other symbols instead of cuneiform script. Sargon of Akkad (/ˈsɑːrɡɒn/; Akkadian: 𒊬𒊒𒄀, romanized: Šarrugi), also known as Sargon...
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    Akkad (/ˈækæd/; also spelt Accad, Akkade, or Agade, Akkadian: 𒀀𒂵𒉈𒆠 akkadê, also 𒌵𒆠 URIKI in Sumerian during the Ur III period) was the capital of...
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  • Moustapha al Akkad (Arabic: مصطفى العقاد, romanized: Muṣṭafā al-ʿAqqād; July 1, 1930 – November 11, 2005) was a Syrian-American film producer and director...
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    Benjamin (born September 1979), also known by his online pseudonym Sargon of Akkad, is a British right-wing YouTuber and political commentator. A former member...
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    Babylonia (redirect from Sumer and Akkad)
    Hammurabi and afterwards, Babylonia was retrospectively called "the country of Akkad" (māt Akkadī in Akkadian), a deliberate archaism in reference to the previous...
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  • Hassan Akkad (Arabic: حسان عقاد) is a British writer, filmmaker and human rights activist originally from Syria. He is originally from Damascus, and worked...
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    chronology), and was the third successor and grandson of King Sargon of Akkad. Under Naram-Sin the empire reached its maximum extent. He was the first...
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  • Mohammed Akkad (Arabic: مُحَمَّدُ وَحِيدُ الْعَقَّادِ, romanized: Muḥammad Waḥīd al-ʿAqqād) is a Syrian politician and the former Governor of Aleppo. Akkad was...
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    linear transition of power from Kish, the first city to receive kingship, to Akkad. In later versions from the Old Babylonian period, the list consisted of...
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  • The Message (1976 film) (category Films directed by Moustapha Akkad)
    Messenger of God) is a 1976 epic film directed and produced by Moustapha Akkad that chronicles the life and times of Muhammad, who is never directly depicted...
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    King of Sumer and Akkad (Sumerian: 𒈗𒆠𒂗𒄀𒆠𒌵 lugal-ki-en-gi-ki-uri, Akkadian: šar māt Šumeri u Akkadi) was a royal title in Ancient Mesopotamia combining...
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    Abdulrahman Akkad (Arabic: عبدالرحمن عقاد) is a Syrian political blogger, public speaker and human rights activist. He currently resides in Berlin. Akkad was...
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    The king of Akkad (Akkadian: šar māt Akkadi, lit. 'king of the land of Akkad') was the ruler of the city of Akkad and its empire, in ancient Mesopotamia...
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  • Omar El Akkad (born 1982) is an Egyptian-Canadian novelist and journalist, whose novel What Strange Paradise was the winner of the 2021 Giller Prize....
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    Dudu supports this view. His inscriptions present him simply as "King of Akkad": "Dudu the mighty, king of Agade: Amar-šuba the scribe (is) his servant...
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    ruler to use the title of King of the Universe was the Akkadian Sargon of Akkad (reigned c. 2334–2284 BC) and it was used in a succession of later empires...
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  • the reign of Naram-Sin of Akkad (2254–2218 BC). Naram-Sin (2254–2218 BC) was the third successor and grandson of Sargon of Akkad (2334–2279 BC). He listed...
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  • Igigi King of Akkad King of Sumer King of the Akkadian Empire Reign c. 2193-2192  BC Predecessor Shar-Kali-Sharri Successor Imi...
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    recent suggestion among the exclusively Mesopotamian figures is Naram-Sin of Akkad, grandson of Sargon. Several ruins of the Middle East have been named after...
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  • Nanum King of Akkad King of Sumer King of the Akkadian Empire Reign c. 2191-2190  BC Predecessor Imi Successor Ilulu...
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    the son of Sargon of Akkad and Queen Tashlultum. He was succeeded by his brother Manishtushu, and was an uncle of Naram-Sin of Akkad. Naram-Sin posthumously...
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    – 1970 "WITH AL-AKKAD By Shawqi Daif. It is a few years since the Arabic-speaking world mourned the death of Abbas Mahmoud al-Akkad (1889–1964) at age...
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  • In 2013, Amazon began distributing original television shows through its Amazon Prime Video service, some of which are developed in-house by Amazon Studios...
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  • Producer Malek Akkad speaking to writer/director Rob Zombie In 2008, at the 30 Years of Terror Convention, Halloween franchise producer Malek Akkad confirmed...
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    some of the world's earliest cities, civilizations, and empires in Sumer, Akkad, and Assyria. Mesopotamia was a "Cradle of Civilisation" that saw the inventions...
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    of Gutium. From Abul-Adad to Hallab, the land of Akkad. ... From Hisat to Sippar, the land of Akkad. From Tirqan of Gutium to Uzarilulu, the land of Edamarus...
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  • year 2300 BC to 2201 BC. 2334 BC – 2279 BC: (short chronology) Sargon of Akkad's conquest of Mesopotamia. c. 2300 BC: Indus Valley civilisation (Harappan)...
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  • Bahaa el-Din Ahmed Hussein el-Akkad (Arabic: بهاء الدين أحمد حسين العقاد; born 1949) is an Egyptian former Muslim imam who converted to Christianity....
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