Sargon of Akkad
Historical Figure

Sargon of Akkad

Founder of Akkadian Empire

About 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.Wikipedia ↗

Associated Events

Empirec. 4500 BCE – c. 1900 BCE

Sumerian Civilization

The world's earliest known civilization arose in southern Mesopotamia, inventing cuneiform writing, the wheel, irrigation agriculture, urbanization, and codified law — foundations upon which all subsequent civilizations built.