Akkad may refer to:
* Akkad (city), the capital of the Akkadian Empire
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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 ...
, the first ancient
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) ex ...
of
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 F ...
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 ...
, Syrian politician, Governor of Aleppo 2012 to 2014
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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 ' ...
, Syrian-American film producer and director
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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, Qa ...
(born 1982), Egyptian-Canadian novelist and journalist
See also
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List of kings of Akkad
The king of Akkad (Akkadian: , ') was the ruler of the city of Akkad and its empire, in ancient Mesopotamia. In the 3rd millennium BC, from the reign of Sargon of Akkad to the reign of his great-grandson Shar-Kali-Sharri, the Akkadian Empire re ...
*"Akkad Bakkad", song from the 2016 Indian film ''
Sanam Re
''Sanam Re'' () is a 2016 Indian Hindi-language romantic drama film directed by Divya Khosla Kumar and produced by Bhushan Kumar, Krishan Kumar and co-produced by Ajay Kapoor. The film stars Pulkit Samrat, Yami Gautam and Urvashi Rautela, whi ...
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Akkad Bakkad Bambey Bo
''Akkad Bakkad Bambey Bo'' is a television series that originally aired on Star Plus channel, and later was syndicated on Disney Channel India. The story revolves around the life of a ghost of a road side vendor, who has to perform a certain n ...
'', an Indian television series
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Akkad Bakkad Rafu Chakkar
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'', an Indian web series
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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 ...