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Northern Semitic people who conquered the
Sumerians in 2350 BC and ruled Mesopotamia.
The ancient city of Akkad in central
Mesopotamia, founded by Sargon I, was an
imperial centre in the 3rd millennium BC; the
site is unidentified, but it was on the
Euphrates.