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Akkad

Northern Semitic people who conquered the Sumerians 2350 BC and ruled Mesopotamia. Their language was Semitic (old Akkadian). Akkad was also the northern of the two provinces into which Babylonia was divided. The ancient city of Akkad in central Mesopotamia, founded by Sargon I, was an imperial centre in the late third millennium BC; the site is unidentified, but it was on the River Euphrates somewhere near Babylon.



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As far back as the region's first great ruler, Sargon of Akkad (ca.
From Sumer, Akkad, and the early Mesopotamian city states, to the wars of Egypt, Assyria, Babylonia, the Greeks, and the Trojans, Professor Fagan also covers the battles that took place in the ancient kingdoms of Israel and Judah, the Hoplite warfare of the Macedonians, Greek naval warfare, the Athenian expedition to Sicily, Alexander's conquest of the Persian empire, the legions and battles of Rome, and more.
 
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