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Accad: see Akkad Akkad (ă`kăd, ä`käd), ancient region of Mesopotamia, occupying the northern part of later Babylonia. ..... Click the link for more information. . Akkad, Accad 1. a city on the Euphrates in N Babylonia, the centre of a major empire and civilization (2360--2180 bc) 2. an ancient region lying north of Babylon, from which the Akkadian language and culture is named How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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example, Lebanese scholar Evelyne Accad points out that women are
disadvantaged by the reality that there is no civil marriage in Lebanon,
and that couples are obliged to marry instead under one of the official
recognized religions (1990: 29). Evelyne Accad underlines the importance of sexuality to social and
political problems in the Middle East and argues in favor of a
"sexual revolution" which must be "incorporated into
political revolution [lest there be] no real transformation of social
relations" ("Sexuality" 237). Atti Reale Accad Naz Lincei 7:297-368, 1938 (Italian)
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