Agade

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Agade, also known as Akkad, was the ancient Mesopotamian city that served as the political and cultural center of the Akkadian Empire under Sargon and his successors.

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Agade canonical 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient city ⓘ
archaeological site (lost city) ⓘ
former capital city ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Agade (Akkad) ⓘ
linked to: Akkad

Akkad ⓘ
Akkade ⓘ
linked to: Akkad
archaeologicalStatus exact location unknown ⓘ
associatedDeity Enlil ⓘ
Ishtar ⓘ
linked to: Inanna
associatedWithRuler Manishtushu ⓘ
Naram-Sin of Akkad ⓘ
Rimush ⓘ
Sargon of Akkad ⓘ
Shar-kali-sharri ⓘ
linked to: Shar-Kali-Sharri
capitalOf Akkadian Empire ⓘ
culturalRole cultural center of the Akkadian Empire ⓘ
decline fell after the collapse of the Akkadian Empire ⓘ
floruit c. 24th–22nd centuries BCE ⓘ
founderTraditionallyAttributedTo Sargon of Akkad ⓘ
gaveNameTo Akkadian Empire ⓘ
Akkadian language (via ethnonym) ⓘ
historicalSignificance center of early Semitic imperial power in Mesopotamia ⓘ
first capital of a multiethnic Mesopotamian empire ⓘ
languageUsed Akkadian ⓘ
locatedIn Mesopotamia ⓘ
northern Babylonia ⓘ
locatedInPresentDay Iraq ⓘ
mentionedIn Akkadian royal inscriptions ⓘ
Sumerian King List ⓘ
Sumerian literary texts ⓘ
“Curse of Agade” (Sumerian literary composition) ⓘ
linked to: The Curse of Agade
namedAfter Akkadian people ⓘ
linked to: Akkadians
partOf Akkadian heartland ⓘ
linked to: northern Babylonia
politicalRole political center of the Akkadian Empire ⓘ
politicalSystem monarchy ⓘ
possibleLocation near the confluence of the Tigris and Diyala rivers ⓘ
region north of Babylon ⓘ
predecessorCulture Sumerian city-states ⓘ
regionType urban center ⓘ
religiousRole important cult center in Mesopotamia ⓘ
servedAs capital of the Akkadian Empire ⓘ
status lost city ⓘ
successorPolities Isin-Larsa polities ⓘ
linked to: Kingdom of Isin

Ur III dynasty ⓘ
timePeriod 3rd millennium BCE ⓘ
writingSystem cuneiform ⓘ

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