Akkad

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Babylonian Map of the World Akkadian language Sumer Babylonia Chaldea Mesene Bit-Adini history of Mesopotamia Ottoman Empire Assyria Mauryan empire Phoenicia

Iraq

carving of Hammurabi

Babylonia

ancient region, Mesopotamia

Sites associated with ancient Mesopotamian history

history of Mesopotamia

historical region, Asia

Key People

bronze head of a king from Nineveh

Sargon

ruler of Mesopotamia

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