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Figure Mesopotamia conqueror

Sargon of Akkad

2334 BCE – 2279 BCE · 55 years

The man who built the world's first empire — from a basket on the Euphrates to the throne of Akkad. How a cupbearer overthrew a king, conquered Sumer, and forged an empire that stretched from the Mediterranean to the Persian Gulf.

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Polity

Afanasevo

Attested 3000 BCE – 2000 BCE

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Charyn Canyon

3000 BCE – still standing

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Lake Issyk-Kul

3000 BCE – still standing

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Pamir Mountains

3000 BCE – still standing

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Kolsai Lakes

3000 BCE – still standing

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Altyn-Emel Singing Dunes

3000 BCE – still standing

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Aral Sea

3000 BCE – still standing

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Kamchatka Peninsula

3000 BCE – still standing

Dated moments inside this span

Events the timeline places between 2334 BCE and 2279 BCE.

2334 BCE Akkadian Empire Conquests 2300 BCE Babylon

And in the rest of the world

Records running through the same years, on the other side of the map.

Babylon Landmark · Middle East 2300 BCE – 275 BCE Andronovo Polity · Middle East 2299 BCE – 999 BCE Nile River Trade Trade route · Middle East 3000 BCE – 30 BCE Akkadian Empire Conquests Conflict · Middle East 2334 BCE – 2279 BCE Grand Canyon Landmark · Americas 3000 BCE – still standing Gojoseon Polity · East Asia 2332 BCE – 107 BCE
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