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Sargon of Akkad

Founder of Akkadian Empire


Sargon of Akkad
Sargon of Akkad

Sargon of Akkad, also known as Sargon the Great, was the first ruler of the Akkadian Empire, known for his conquests of the Sumerian city-states in the 24th to 23rd centuries BC. He is sometimes identified as the first person in recorded history to rule over an empire.

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