Kings of Akkad

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[edit] List of Kings of Akkad

Also rendered as Agade. A major empire in ancient Mesopotamia in the 3rd millennium BCE. The area covered by the kingdom is now located in the region of present-day Iraq, eastern Turkey and northern Syria.

Reign	Name	Notes
Kings of Sumer and Akkad
2334 or 2371 to 2279 BCE or 2315	Sargon (Sharrum-Kin)	Formerly King of Kish
2278 or 2315 to 2270 BCE or 2306	Rimush	Murdered?
2269 or 2306 to 2255 BCE or 2291	Manishtushu	Assassinated
2254 or 2291 to 2218 BCE or 2254	Naram-Sin	Traditionally reigned for 75 years
2217 or 2254 to 2193 BCE or 2230	Shar-Kali-Sharri
2192 or 2230 to 2169 BCE or 2226	Interregnum	Anarchy following Guti invasion
c.2189 to c.2189 BCE	Igigi	Omitted from some lists
c.2189 to c.2189 BCE	Nanum	Omitted from some lists
c.2188 to c.2188 BCE	Emi	Omitted from some lists
c.2187 to c.2187 BCE	Elulu	A Gutian; omitted from some lists
c.2186 to c.2168 BCE	Dudu
2168 to 2154 BCE	Shu-Turul (Shadural; Shu-Durul)
Kings of Sumer and Akkad in Uruk
c.2120 BCE to c.2113 BCE	Uthegal	Deposed; omitted from some lists
Kings of Sumer and Akkad in Ur
c.2113 BCE to c.2096 BCE	Ur-Nammu, King of Summer and Akkad
c.2095 BCE to c.2049 BCE	Shulgi
c.2048 BCE to c.2039 BCE	Amar-Sin (Bursin)
c.2038 BCE to c.2030 BCE	Shu-Sin
c.2030 BCE to c.2022 BCE	Ibbi-Sin	Taken captive by Elamites c.2005; fate unknown
c.2022 BCE	Amorite invasion ended the empire