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Sargon of Akkad
The First World Empire
From around
5000 years
before Christ
farmers
settle in the
wide valley
between the
Tigris and
Euphrates
rivers
in the actual
Iraq
This area
become
known as
Mesopotamia
Mesopotamia
means “land
between
rivers”
The southern
part of
Mesopotamia
was Sumer
Each city in
Sumer was
run by a group
of Nobleman
but in war
times they
chose a
war-leader.
As war
become most
frequent
The
war-leaders
become
kings
Sargon was
one of this
kings.
Around the
year 2334
before Christ
he came from
Akkad, the
land just north
of Sumer
He was a
skilled
soldier
and has
control of a
huge army
He conquer
the whole
Summer and
Akkad
Creating the
worlds first
Empire
this mean
the first
multiethnic
state
Sargon is
almost
entirely know
by legends
He was the
first man try to
conquer the
known word
His example
was followed
by…
Alexander
the Great
2000 years later
but this is
other history
The End
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