Akkad

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(ak′ad′, äk′äd′)

  1. ancient region in N Babylonia (fl. c. 2300-2100 )
  2. its chief city, for a time the capital of Babylonia

See Akkad in American Heritage Dictionary 4

also Ac·cad

  1. An ancient region of Mesopotamia occupying the northern part of Babylonia. It reached the height of its power in the third millennium B.C.
  2. also A·ga·de (ə-gäˈdə) An ancient city of Mesopotamia and capital of the Akkadian empire.
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