Akkadian Empire

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The Akkadian Empire was an ancient Mesopotamian state, traditionally considered the world’s first empire, that unified various Sumerian and Semitic-speaking cities under a centralized rule in the late 3rd millennium BCE.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Akkadian Empire canonical 62
Akkadian Empire (late phase) 2
Akkadian Empire period 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Bronze Age state ⓘ
Mesopotamian polity ⓘ
ancient empire ⓘ
capital Agade ⓘ
Akkad ⓘ
continent Asia ⓘ
country Iran (western, modern territory) ⓘ
linked to: western Iran

Iraq (modern territory) ⓘ
linked to: Iraq

Syria (modern territory) ⓘ
linked to: Syria

Turkey (southeastern, modern territory) ⓘ
linked to: eastern Turkey
culturalInfluenceOn Assyrian Empire ⓘ
linked to: Assyria

Babylonian Empire ⓘ
currency silver by weight ⓘ
endTime c. 2154 BCE ⓘ
late 22nd century BCE ⓘ
ethnicGroup Akkadians ⓘ
Sumerians ⓘ
linked to: Sumer
firstRuler Sargon of Akkad ⓘ
followedBy Gutian rule in Sumer ⓘ
Third Dynasty of Ur ⓘ
foundedBy Sargon of Akkad ⓘ
governmentType centralized monarchy ⓘ
territorial empire ⓘ
hasLegacy imperial model for later Mesopotamian states ⓘ
knownFor being one of the world’s first empires ⓘ
early imperial administration ⓘ
unification of Sumerian and Semitic-speaking regions ⓘ
use of Akkadian as a diplomatic language ⓘ
language Akkadian language ⓘ
linked to: Akkadian

Sumerian language ⓘ
legalSystem royal edicts and decrees ⓘ
locatedIn Fertile Crescent ⓘ
Mesopotamia ⓘ
militaryConflict campaigns against Elam ⓘ
campaigns in the Levant ⓘ
conflicts with the Gutians ⓘ
conquests in Sumer ⓘ
notableRuler Manishtushu ⓘ
Naram-Sin of Akkad ⓘ
Rimush ⓘ
Sargon of Akkad ⓘ
Shar-kali-sharri ⓘ
linked to: Shar-Kali-Sharri
partOf Ancient Near East history ⓘ
precededBy Kish (city-state) ⓘ
linked to: Kish

Lagash (city-state) ⓘ
linked to: Lagash

Sumerian city-states ⓘ
Uruk (city-state) ⓘ
linked to: Uruk
religion Mesopotamian religion ⓘ
startTime c. 2334 BCE ⓘ
late 24th century BCE ⓘ
writingSystem cuneiform ⓘ

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Referenced by (67)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Akkad → partOf → Akkadian Empire ⓘ
Nippur → flourishedDuring → Akkadian Empire ⓘ
Ur → laterControlledBy → Akkadian Empire ⓘ
King of the Four Corners of the World → timeOfFirstKnownUse → Akkadian Empire period ⓘ
linked to: Akkadian Empire
Sippar → flourishedDuring → Akkadian Empire ⓘ
Al-Furāt → associatedWith → Akkadian Empire ⓘ
Akkadians → foundedEmpire → Akkadian Empire ⓘ
Upper Mesopotamia → historicallyRuledBy → Akkadian Empire ⓘ
Ancient Near East → importantEmpires → Akkadian Empire ⓘ
Northern Babylonia → associatedWithState → Akkadian Empire ⓘ
subject linked to: northern Babylonia
Sumerian literature → locatedInTime → Akkadian Empire period ⓘ
linked to: Akkadian Empire
Early Dynastic period → followedBy → Akkadian Empire ⓘ
Ur III period → follows → Akkadian Empire ⓘ
Ziggurat of Enlil → associatedWith → Akkadian Empire ⓘ
subject linked to: ziggurat of Enlil
Umma → laterControlledBy → Akkadian Empire ⓘ
Sumerian religion → flourishedDuring → Akkadian Empire ⓘ
Ur III dynasty → follows → Akkadian Empire ⓘ
Ur III dynasty → precededBy → Akkadian Empire ⓘ
Sargon of Akkad → countryRuled → Akkadian Empire ⓘ
Sargon of Akkad → founded → Akkadian Empire ⓘ
Sargon of Akkad → dynasty → Akkadian dynasty ⓘ
linked to: Akkadian Empire
Naram-Sin of Akkad → reignOver → Akkadian Empire ⓘ
Naram-Sin of Akkad → country → Akkadian Empire ⓘ
Lower Mesopotamia → wasCenterOf → Akkadian Empire ⓘ
Fertile Crescent → associatedWith → Akkadian Empire ⓘ
Elamite kingdom of Anshan → interactedWith → Akkadian Empire ⓘ
Old Elamite period → sharesBorderWith → Akkadian Empire ⓘ
Old Elamite period → interactsWith → Akkadian Empire ⓘ
Elamite period → neighborOf → Akkadian Empire ⓘ
Tell Brak → associatedCulture → Akkadian Empire ⓘ
Rimush → country → Akkadian Empire ⓘ
Manishtushu → country → Akkadian Empire ⓘ
Shar-Kali-Sharri → country → Akkadian Empire ⓘ
Naram-Sin Victory Stele → period → Akkadian Empire ⓘ
East Semitic → usedIn → Akkadian Empire ⓘ
Tell Ingharra → belongsToCivilization → Akkadian Empire ⓘ
Gutian rule in Sumer → follows → Akkadian Empire ⓘ
Gutian rule in Sumer → precededBy → Akkadian Empire ⓘ
The Curse of Agade → setInPeriod → Akkadian Empire ⓘ
Enheduanna → timePeriod → Akkadian Empire ⓘ
Enheduanna → countryOfCitizenship → Akkadian Empire ⓘ
Sargonic period → partOf → Akkadian Empire ⓘ
Sargonic period → country → Akkadian Empire ⓘ
Adab → conqueredBy → Akkadian Empire ⓘ
Third Dynasty of Ur period → follows → Akkadian Empire ⓘ
Third Dynasty of Ur period → precededBy → Akkadian Empire ⓘ