Akkad may refer to: * Akkad (city), the capital of the Akkadian Empire *

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 () and its surrounding region. The empire united Akkadian and Sumerian speakers under one ...

, 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 ...

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 ...

* 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 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 *

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

People with the name

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