Agade
Agade
AGAD (formerly but erroneously read Agan).A city of Northern Babylonia and the capital of Sargon, the founder of the first Semitic empire (c [Note: circa, about.] . b.c. 3800). As was first discovered by George Smith, Agad was the Semitic Akkadu (see Akkad). It stood near Sippara or Sepharvaim (wh. see), and may have been in later times a suburb of the latter town.
A. H. Sayce.
Fuente: Hastings’ Dictionary of the Bible
Agade
aga-de: Ancient name for Akkad (or ACCAD, which see), one of the chief cities of Babylonia (Gen 10:10), and the capital city of Sargon, who lived and ruled in Babylonia circa 3500 bc. Together with Shunir it formed part of one of the royal titles: kings of Shunir (Sumer) and Accad.