Agade

The query asks for information about the ancient city of Agade in Iraq. The provided search results discuss Akkad, which was an ancient region in central Iraq, and the city of Agade, which was founded by Sargon and became the capital of the Akkadian Empire.

Akkad was the northern part of ancient Babylonia, located where the Tigris and Euphrates rivers are closest. Its inhabitants primarily spoke Akkadian, a Semitic language. To its south was Sumer, inhabited by non-Semitic Sumerians. The city of Agade, founded by Sargon around 2300 BCE, was the capital from which he united city-states and expanded his rule across Mesopotamia. After Sargon's dynasty fell around 2150 BCE, the region was governed by a joint Sumerian and Akkadian state. Under the Akkadian kings, the Akkadian language became a literary language written in cuneiform.12