Foundation and Archaeology of Agade (Akkad) (c. 24th–22nd centuries BCE)

1. Old Babylonian ‘Curse of Agade’ composition circulates

   Jan 1, 1800Labels: Curse of, Old Babylonian

   • Naram Sin

2. Akkad/Agade remains archaeologically unlocated

   Jan 1, 2026Labels: Akkad Agade, Tigris-Diyala

   • Britannica
   • Akkad City
   • LiveScience

3. End of the Akkadian Empire (Middle Chronology)

   Jan 1, 2154Labels: Akkadian Empire, Gutian period

   • Akkad Empire
   • Britannica

4. Late Akkadian succession and weakened central authority

   Jan 1, 2193Labels: Succession crisis, Late Akkadian

   • SKL
   • Akkad Empire

5. Shar-Kali-Sharri reign amid increasing instability

   Jan 1, 2217Labels: Shar-Kali-Sharri, Akkadian dynasty

   • Akkad Empire
   • Shar Kali Sharri

6. Akkadian fortress-palace built at Tell Brak

   Jan 1, 2250Labels: Tell Brak, Palace of

   • Tell Brak
   • Tell Brak FR

7. Naram-Sin reign and intensified imperial ideology

   Jan 1, 2254Labels: Naram-Sin, Imperial ideology

   • Britannica
   • Akkad Empire

8. Manishtushu continues Akkadian royal line

   Jan 1, 2269Labels: Manishtushu, Akkadian dynasty

   • Akkad Empire
   • SKL

9. Early administrative expansion under Rimush

   Jan 1, 2278Labels: Rimush, Administrative expansion

   • Akkad Empire
   • SKL

10. Agade’s river-port role in long-distance trade

    Jan 1, 2330Labels: Agade port, Sargon inscription

    • CDLI
    • Penn Museum

11. Akkadian dynasty established under Sargon

    Jan 1, 2334Labels: Sargon of, Dynasty of

    • Britannica
    • NatGeo
    • WHE

12. Agade becomes capital of Sargon’s empire

    Jan 1, 2334Labels: Agade capital, Sumerian King

    • Britannica
    • SKL