How far did Akkadian trade expeditions travel?

Akkadian trade expeditions and commercial networks were extensive, driven by the state's need for resources such as metals, timber, and luxury goods to support its administration and military efforts.1

The reach of these trade connections was vast, extending across significant distances:

• Eastern Reach: Trade routes connected Mesopotamia to the Indus region (referred to as Meluhha in Akkadian texts), as well as to Magan (likely the coast of Oman) and Dilmun (modern-day Bahrain) in the Persian Gulf.231
• Western and Northern Reach: Akkadian influence and trade interests reached toward the Mediterranean, including the "cedar forest" (often identified as the Amanus Mountains or Lebanon) and the "silver mountains". Archaeological evidence, such as inscriptions of Naram-Sin, has been found as far as Diyarbakır on the upper Tigris and Tell Brak on the Khabur River, covering distances of approximately 620 miles from the Babylonian heartland.1
• General Scope: Akkadian tradition and later historical treatises even cited regions as distant as Crete (Kapturu) as western limits of their sphere of influence, though the precise extent of formal imperial control in such remote areas remains a subject of historical analysis.1