Agade

He struggled to grasp just how old it was, even as he read of Gilgamesh, and Mesopotamia, and the kings of Agade, and the Sumerians.

The Whisperers John Connolly 2010

He struggled to grasp just how old it was, even as he read of Gilgamesh, and Mesopotamia, and the kings of Agade, and the Sumerians.

The Whisperers John Connolly 2010

Rebelling, he built the city of Agade or Akkad (whose site has not been located) and proclaimed himself king.

c. The Sumerians and the Akkadians 2001

The first prominent monarch is called Sargon I. (Sharrukin), a Semitic king of Agade, one of the great early cities.

General History for Colleges and High Schools Philip Van Ness Myers

Rare treasures were secured from the libraries founded or enlarged by Sargon of Agade (see p. 42).

General History for Colleges and High Schools Philip Van Ness Myers

Sargon of Agade; for to Sargon, on this statement alone, a date of 3800

Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 1 "Austria, Lower" to "Bacon" Various

Eridu and Agade, in each of which some god was looked upon as the chief deity around whom there were gathered a number of minor deities and with whom there was invariably associated a female consort.

Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 1 "Austria, Lower" to "Bacon" Various

But, though we may refuse to accept the accuracy of this figure of Nabonidus, it is not possible at present to fix a definite date for the early kings of Agade.

Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 1 "Austria, Lower" to "Bacon" Various

King Midas of Phrygia; similarly, Menes of Thebes and Sargon of Agade have been shown to belong to history; in general, the more accurate have been the scientific investigations, the more clearly have they shown the reliability of even the most slender traditions.

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 11: New Mexico-Philip 1840-1916 1913

Among these must be mentioned the series which was commonly called ` the Day of Bel, 'and which was decreed by the learned to have been written in the time of the great Sargon I., king of Agade, 3800 B.C.

A History of Science: in Five Volumes. Volume I: The Beginnings of Science 1904