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Akkad (other)
Akkad may refer to: *Akkad (city), the capital of the Akkadian Empire *Akkadian Empire, the first ancient empire of Mesopotamia * Akkad SC, Iraqi football club People with the name *Abbas el-Akkad, Egyptian writer * Abdulrahman Akkad, Syrian LGBT activist * Bahaa el-Din Ahmed Hussein el-Akkad, Egyptian Muslim imam * Hassan Akkad, Syrian photographer and filmmaker *Mohammed Akkad, Syrian politician, Governor of Aleppo 2012 to 2014 *Moustapha Akkad, Syrian-American film producer and director *Omar El Akkad (born 1982), Egyptian-Canadian novelist and journalist See also *List of kings of Akkad *''Akkad Bakkad Bambey Bo'', an Indian television series *Akkadian language Akkadian (, Akkadian: )John Huehnergard & Christopher Woods, "Akkadian and Eblaite", ''The Cambridge Encyclopedia of the World's Ancient Languages''. Ed. Roger D. Woodard (2004, Cambridge) Pages 218-280 is an extinct East Semitic language th ..., an ancient language of Mesopotamia {{disambiguation, geo, surname ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Akkad (city)
Akkad (; or Agade, Akkadian: , also URI KI in Sumerian during the Ur III period) was the name of a Mesopotamian city. Akkad was the capital of the Akkadian Empire, which was the dominant political force in Mesopotamia during a period of about 150 years in the last third of the 3rd millennium BC. Its location is unknown, although there are a number of candidate sites, mostly situated east of the Tigris, roughly between the modern cities of Samarra and Baghdad."Akkade may thus be one of the many large tells on the confluence of the Adheim River with the Tigris" (Sallaberger, and Westenholz 1999p. 32 Textual sources Before the decipherment of cuneiform in the 19th century, the city was known only from a single reference in where it is written (''ʾĂkăḏ''), rendered in the KJV as ''Accad''. The name appears in a list of the cities of Nimrod in Sumer ( Shinar). Walther Sallaberger and Westenholz (1999) cite 160 known mentions of the city in the extant cuneiform corpus, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Akkadian Empire
The Akkadian Empire () was the first ancient empire of Mesopotamia after the long-lived civilization of Sumer. It was centered in the city of Akkad (city), Akkad () and its surrounding region. The empire united Akkadian language, Akkadian and Sumerian language, Sumerian speakers under one rule. The Akkadian Empire exercised influence across Mesopotamia, the Levant, and Anatolia, sending military expeditions as far south as Dilmun and Magan (civilization), Magan (modern Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, and Oman) in the Arabian Peninsula.Mish, Frederick C., Editor in Chief. "Akkad" ''Webster’s Ninth New Collegiate Dictionary''. ninth ed. Springfield, MA: Merriam-Webster 1985. ). The Akkadian Empire reached its political peak between the 24th and 22nd centuries BC, following the conquests by its founder Sargon of Akkad. Under Sargon and his successors, the Akkadian language was briefly imposed on neighboring conquered states such as Elam and Gutian people, Gutium. Akkad is sometimes regar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Empire
An empire is a "political unit" made up of several territories and peoples, "usually created by conquest, and divided between a dominant center and subordinate peripheries". The center of the empire (sometimes referred to as the metropole) exercises political control over the peripheries. Within an empire, there is non-equivalence between different populations who have different sets of rights and are governed differently. Narrowly defined, an empire is a sovereign state whose head of state is an emperor; but not all states with aggregate territory under the rule of supreme authorities are called empires or ruled by an emperor; nor have all self-described empires been accepted as such by contemporaries and historians (the Central African Empire, and some Anglo-Saxon kingdoms in early England being examples). There have been "ancient and modern, centralized and decentralized, ultra-brutal and relatively benign" Empires. An important distinction has been between land empires mad ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mesopotamia
Mesopotamia ''Mesopotamíā''; ar, بِلَاد ٱلرَّافِدَيْن or ; syc, ܐܪܡ ܢܗܪ̈ܝܢ, or , ) is a historical region of Western Asia situated within the Tigris–Euphrates river system, in the northern part of the Fertile Crescent. Today, Mesopotamia occupies modern Iraq. In the broader sense, the historical region included present-day Iraq and Kuwait and parts of present-day Iran, Syria and Turkey. The Sumerians and Akkadians (including Assyrians and Babylonians) originating from different areas in present-day Iraq, dominated Mesopotamia from the beginning of written history () to the fall of Babylon in 539 BC, when it was conquered by the Achaemenid Empire. It fell to Alexander the Great in 332 BC, and after his death, it became part of the Greek Seleucid Empire. Later the Arameans dominated major parts of Mesopotamia (). Mesopotamia is the site of the earliest developments of the Neolithic Revolution from around 10,000 BC. It has been identi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Akkad SC
Akkad Sport Club ( ar, نادي أكد الرياضي), is an Iraqi football team based in Al-Shatrah, Dhi Qar, that plays in Iraq Division one The Iraq Division One is the second-highest division of the Iraqi football league system after the Premier League. The league is contested by 24 clubs. It is operated by the Iraq Football Association (IFA). Each season, the two top-finishing teams .... Managerial history * Abdul-Amir Aziz * Azhar Tahir * Bassim Obaid See also * 2021–22 Iraq Division Two References External links Akkad SCon Goalzz.com {{Iraq Division Two 2003 establishments in Iraq Association football clubs established in 2003 Football clubs in Dhi Qar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Abbas El-Akkad
Abbas Mahmoud al-Aqqad ( ar, عباس محمود العقاد, ; 28 June 1889 – 12 March 1964) was an Egyptian journalist, poet and literary critic,ʿAbbās Maḥmūd al-ʿAqqād . Accessed 22 December 2015. and member of the Academy of the Arabic Language in Cairo. More precisely, because "his writings cover a broad spectrum, including poetry, criticism, Islamology, history, philosophy, politics, biography, science, and Arabic literature", he is perceived to be a . Biography Al-Aqq ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Abdulrahman Akkad
Abdulrahman Akkad (Arabic: عبدالرحمن عقاد; born in Aleppo on May 17, 1998) is a Syrian political blogger public speaker and human rights Activist He currently resides in Berlin. Early life and education Akkad was born in 1998 in the city of Aleppo in northern Syria to Syrian Muslim parents of Jewish origin, his mother's name is "Manal Akkad" his family is descended from Sephardi Jews who later converted to Islam. Akkad has three brothers and a sister, Akkad has only finished his intermediate education. In 2010, Akkad graduated from ''Dhat Al-Sawari'' Primary with a primary degree, and after three years in 2013, just before leaving Syria, Akkad graduated from Abdulwahab Al-Shawaf Junior High with a middle school diploma. However, Akkad was unable to further continue his education after leaving Syria in 2013. With the escalation of events and the Syrian civil war, Akkad and his family were forced to leave Syria in July 2013. Turkey Akkad entered Turkey with hi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bahaa El-Din Ahmed Hussein El-Akkad
Bahaa el-Din Ahmed Hussein el-Akkad ( ar, بهاء الدين أحمد حسين العقاد; born 1949) is an Egyptian former Muslim imam who converted to Christianity. For more than 20 years, el-Akkad is a member of the fundamentalist Islamic group Da'wa el Tabligh, which actively proselytized non-Muslims but strictly opposed violence. He also led a mosque community in Al-Haram in the Giza area adjacent to Cairo. In 1994, he published ''Islam: The Religion'', a 500-page book reviewing the traditional beliefs and dogmas of Islam. He later became disillusioned with Islam and began to question certain Islamic tenets. A theological discourse with a Christian led him to conduct an intensive study of Christian scripture, after which he converted to Christianity in January 2005. On 6 April 2005, el-Akkad was arrested by the Egyptian State Security Intelligence (SSI) on suspicions of blasphemy. He was accused of "insulting the heavenly religion f Islam, a misdemeanor under Articl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hassan Akkad
Hassan Akkad () is a British writer, filmmaker and human rights activist originally from Syria. Life Syria He is originally from Damascus, and worked as an English teacher and photographer. In 2011, as protests in Syria against the government of Bashar al-Assad grew, he joined in and filmed the demonstrations. In response to his taking part, the authorities arrested and beat him twice. After his first period of incarceration, al-Assad invited him to have a conversation, where Akkad told him "about the systemic torture of his ssad'sregime". Moving to the UK In September 2015, he fled Syria and arrived in the UK, a journey which took 87 days. He travelled via Turkey and the Calais Jungle, before using a fake passport to fly to Heathrow, where he claimed asylum. He first lived in Hitchin for two months, before moving into a spare room in Brixton. Since arriving in the UK, he has worked in TV and film production, and has also worked doing marketing for a refugee charity. Akkad f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mohammed Akkad
Mohammed Akkad ( ar, مُحَمَّدُ وَحِيدُ الْعَقَّادِ, Muḥammad Waḥīd al-ʿAqqād) is a Syrian politician and the former Governor of Aleppo. Akkad was appointed of Aleppo by Syrian President Bashar al-Assad on 16 August 2012 during the Battle of Aleppo A battle is an occurrence of combat in warfare between opposing military units of any number or size. A war usually consists of multiple battles. In general, a battle is a military engagement that is well defined in duration, area, and force ... replacing Moafaq Khallouf. During the Syrian civil war Akkad became the primary spokesman for the Syrian government in Aleppo. References Living people People of the Syrian civil war Syrian politicians Year of birth missing (living people) {{Syria-politician-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Moustapha Akkad
Moustapha Al Akkad ( ar, مصطفى العقاد; July 1, 1930 – November 11, 2005) was a Syrian-American film producer and director, best known for producing the original series of ''Halloween'' films and directing '' The Message'' and ''Lion of the Desert''. He was killed along with his daughter Rima Al Akkad Monla in the 2005 Amman bombings.King Abdullah II of Jordan, '' Our Last Best Chance'', New York, New York: Viking Press, 2011, p. 251 Early life Al Akkad was born on July 1, 1930 in Aleppo in the French Mandate for Syria and the Lebanon. He received his high school degree from the Aleppo American College. His father, then a customs officer, gave him $200 and a copy of the Quran before he left for the United States to study film direction and production at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). Akkad spent a further three years studying for a Master's degree at the University of Southern California (USC), where he met the director Sam Peckinpah. Peckin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Omar El Akkad
Omar El Akkad (born 1982) is an Egyptian-Canadian novelist and journalist, whose novel ''What Strange Paradise'' was the winner of the 2021 Giller Prize. Early life and education Omar El Akkad was born in Cairo, Egypt, and grew up in Doha, Qatar. When he was 16 years old, he moved to Canada, completing high school in Montreal and university at Queen's University at Kingston, Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario. He has a computer science degree. Career For ten years he was a staff reporter for ''The Globe and Mail,'' where he covered the War in Afghanistan (2001–present), war in Afghanistan, military trials at Guantanamo Bay detention camp, Guantanamo Bay and the Arab Spring in Egypt. He was most recently a correspondent for the western United States, where he covered Black Lives Matter. His first novel, ''American War (novel), American War,'' was published in 2017. It received positive reviews from critics; ''The New York Times'' book critic Michiko Kakutani compared i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
