Akkad
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Akkad was an ancient Mesopotamian city and region best known as the center of the Akkadian Empire, one of the world’s earliest great empires.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Akkadian Empire | 2 |
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
ancient city
ⓘ
archaeological culture ⓘ historical region ⓘ |
| adjacentTo | Sumer ⓘ |
| associatedWithRuler |
Naram-Sin of Akkad
ⓘ
Sargon of Akkad ⓘ |
| capitalOf |
Akkad
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Akkadian Empire
|
| contrastedWith | Sumer ⓘ |
| culture | Akkadian culture ⓘ |
| destroyedInEvent | collapse of the Akkadian Empire ⓘ |
| flourishedInPeriod |
3rd millennium BCE
ⓘ
c. 22nd century BCE ⓘ c. 24th century BCE ⓘ |
| governmentType | monarchy ⓘ |
| hasDemonym | Akkadian ⓘ |
| hasLegacy |
gave name to Akkadian Empire
ⓘ
gave name to Akkadian language ⓘ |
| hasRole |
administrative center
ⓘ
cultural center ⓘ economic center ⓘ imperial capital ⓘ political center ⓘ |
| influenced |
Assyria
ⓘ
surface form:
Assyrian Empire
Old Babylonian Empire ⓘ
surface form:
Old Babylonian state
|
| knownFor |
being center of the Akkadian Empire
ⓘ
early imperial administration ⓘ influence on later Mesopotamian states ⓘ military expansion ⓘ standardization of Akkadian language ⓘ |
| languageUsed | Akkadian language ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Mesopotamia
ⓘ
Ancient Near East ⓘ
surface form:
ancient Near East
Iraq ⓘ
surface form:
modern-day Iraq
|
| mentionedIn |
Mesopotamian royal inscriptions
ⓘ
later Babylonian texts ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Akkadian people ⓘ |
| partOf |
Akkadian Empire
ⓘ
land of Akkad and Sumer ⓘ northern Babylonia ⓘ |
| possibleLocation |
on the Euphrates River
ⓘ
region north of Babylon ⓘ |
| religion | Mesopotamian polytheism ⓘ |
| timeOfDissolution | late 3rd millennium BCE ⓘ |
| timeOfEstablishment |
3rd millennium BCE
ⓘ
before reign of Sargon of Akkad ⓘ |
| uncertainSite | true ⓘ |
| writingSystem | cuneiform ⓘ |
Referenced by (9)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Akkadian Empire
subject surface form:
Tammuz