Akkad

also spelled Accad

a city founded by Nimrod in Shinar (Genesis 10:10)

The ancient language of the region is Akkadian, named after the city. Akkadian was written in cuneiform (wedge-shaped characters) impressed into clay tablets with a wedge-shaped stylus.

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• Accad
• Land of Shinar
• Nimrod
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