Akkad - City in Sumer Akkad

Akkad - City in Sumer
Akkad a Sumerian city founded by Sargon.

Cuneiform as the Script for Akkadian
Was Akkadian the earliest known rendering of language?

Fast Facts About Mesopotamia
Short page explaining the name and location past and present of Mesopotamia, with a map.

Iraq - Sumer, Akkad, Babylon, and Assyria - Library of Congress
Geographically, modern Iraq corresponds to the Mesopotamia of the Old Testament and of other, older, Near Eastern texts. In Western mythology and religious tradition, the land of Mesopotamia in the ancient period was a land of lush vegetation, abundant wildlife, and copious if unpredictable water resources.

Naram-Sin
Naram-Sin (2254-18) was the grandson of Sargon, founder of the Akkad Dynasty that was headquartered in Akkad, a city somewhere in northern Babylonia.