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Kings of Akkad
List of Kings of Akkad
Also rendered as Agade. A major empire in ancient Mesopotamia in the 3rd millennium BCE. The area covered by the kingdom is now located in the region of present-day Iraq, eastern Turkey and northern Syria.
| Reign | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Kings of Sumer and Akkad | ||
| 2334 or 2371 to 2279 BCE or 2315 | Sargon (Sharrum-Kin) | Formerly King of Kish |
| 2278 or 2315 to 2270 BCE or or 2306 | Rimush | Murdered? |
| 2269 or 2306 to 2255 BCE or 2291 | Manishtusu | Assassinated |
| 2254 or 2291 to 2218 BCE or 2254 | Naram-Sin | Traditionally reigned for 75 years |
| 2217 or 2254 to 2193 BCE or 2230 | Shar-kalli-sharri | |
| 2192 or 2230 to 2169 BCE or 2226 | Interregnum | Anarchy following Guti invasion |
| c2189 to c2189 BCE | Igigi | Omitted from some lists |
| c2189 to c2189 BCE | Namum | Omitted from some lists |
| c2188 to c2188 BCE | Emi | Omitted from some lists |
| c2187 to c2187 BCE | Elulu | A Gutian; omitted from some lists |
| c2186 to c2168 BCE | Dudu | |
| 2168 to 2154 BCE | Shu-Turul (Shadural ; Shu-Durul ) | |
| Kings of Sumer and Akkad in Uruk | ||
| c2120 BCE to c2113 BCE | Uthegal | Deposed; omitted from some lists |
| Kings of Sumer and Akkad in Ur | ||
| c2113 BCE to c2096 BCE | Ur-Nammu, King of Summer and Akkad | |
| c2095 BCE to c2049 BCE | Shulgi | |
| c2048 BCE to c2039 BCE | Amar-Sin (Bursin ) | |
| c2038 BCE to c2030 BCE | Shu-Sin | |
| c2030 BCE to c2022 BCE | Ibbi-Sin | Taken captive by Elamites c2005; fate unknown |
| c2022 BCE | Amorite invasion ended the empire | |
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10-26-2009 08:16:03
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