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Acco

1800 BCE – 1150 BCE (approx.) · capital Acco

Acco, a Canaanite harbour town on the bay of Haifa, a vassal of Egypt in the Amarna age and forerunner of the later port of Acre.

Origins

Akka grew on Tel Akko, beside the mouth of the Na'aman river, in the Middle Bronze Age, when it was surrounded by massive earth ramparts. It is named in Egyptian execration texts and in the list of towns conquered by Thutmose III.

Rule and society

As a vassal of the Egyptian Empire New Kingdom it was governed by local kings who traded with Cyprus and the Aegean through its harbour. Its rulers Zurata and Zatatna appear in the Amarna letters, accused by neighbours of plotting with Egypt's enemies.

Decline and legacy

Acco's Canaanite kingdom ended in the upheavals of the 12th century BCE. The city later came under Phoenician rule, was renamed Ptolemais by the Ptolemaic Empire, and survives as Acre.

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APA
The Epoch Institute. (2026). Acco. In The Epoch Institute States Register. https://the-epoch-institute.org/state/acco
MLA
“Acco.” The Epoch Institute States Register, The Epoch Institute, 2026, https://the-epoch-institute.org/state/acco. Accessed .
Chicago
The Epoch Institute. “Acco.” The Epoch Institute States Register. 2026. https://the-epoch-institute.org/state/acco.
Harvard
The Epoch Institute (2026) ‘Acco’, The Epoch Institute States Register. Available at: https://the-epoch-institute.org/state/acco (Accessed: ).

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