The Akkadians were much older thaan the 12th century BC.. and they were from Arabia.
Ancient Akkadian Civilization – Ancient Civilizations World
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The AkkadiansThe First Mesopotamian Empire: The Akkadian EmpireDecline and Fall of The Akkadian EmpireAkkadian Culture’S Contributions
Kish was a city in northern Lower Mesopotamia (which would later become Akkad’s land). It was likely founded at around the beginning of the third millennium, although there was an older human presence. It comprised the settlements of Ingharra and Uhaimir, along with others of less importance. It was located some 15 kilometers east of Babylon.
With this, Sargon became the first monarch in history to unite the entire Mesopotamian basi…
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Sargon of Akkad - Wikipedia
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Sargon of Akkad , also known as Sargon the Great, was the first ruler of the Akkadian Empire, known for his conquests of the Sumerian city-states in the 24th to 23rd centuries BC.
He is sometimes identified as the first person in recorded history to rule over an empire. He was the founder of the "Sargonic" or "Old Akkadian" dynasty, which ruled for about a century after his death until the Gutian conquest of