Akkad

Akkad (or Agade) was a city and its region of northern Mesopotamia,

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situated on the left bank of the Euphrates, between Sippar and Kish (located in present-day Iraq, ca. 50 km south-west of the center of Baghdad, ). It reached the height of its power between the 22nd and 18th centuries BC, before the rise of Babylonia.

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Akkad gave its name to the Akkadian language, reflecting use of akkad? ("in the language of Akkad") in the Old Babylonian period to denote the Semitic version of a Sumerian text.

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Euphrates: The Euphrates (the traditional Greek name for the river, which is in Old Persian Ufrat, Aramaic Prâth/Frot, in Arabic Al-Furat الفرات, in Turkish Fırat and in ancient Assyrian language Pu-rat-tu) is the westernmost of the two great rivers that define Me...

Sippar: Sippar (Sumerian Zimbir, meaning: "bird city"), was an ancient Sumerian and later Babylonian city on the east bank of the Euphrates, some 60 km north of Babylon, in what is now Tell Abu Habbah, Iraq....

Kish: Kish, an ancient city in Sumer, now in IraqKish, an Iranian island and city in the Persian GulfKish, a person in BibleThe Kish Bank is a shallow in the Irish Sea, a fishing ground. The Kish Lighthouse is located there http://indigo.ie/~eaglejr/kishbank.htm...