Did Akkadians originate from the Arabian Peninsula?

Short answer: no. The Sumerians said the Akkadians were north and west of them, not south. The only mention of people from what is now Arabia is Dilmun, which was a region in the Persian Gulf (likely Bahrain and Qatar). read more

No, they probably came from Upper Mesopotamia (around Mosul). This is where the first Akkadian inscriptions are found, and it is well known that they invaded Sumer from the north. Furthermore, inscriptions of languages closely related to Akkadian have been found in northeastern Syria. read more

If Abraham really did exist, he could not have been Sumerian, because the Sumerians were not Semitic and we have to posit a Semitic ancestor for the Hebrews. On these assumptions, he could have been Akkadian, because at least the Akkadians were a Semitic people. read more