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Akkadian Empire Conquests

2334 BCE – 2279 BCE · 55 years

Sargon of Akkad conquered all of Sumer and much of Mesopotamia, creating the world's first known empire. He defeated Lugalzagesi of Umma and extended Akkadian control from the Persian Gulf to the Mediterranean.

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Belligerents

The main peoples, kingdoms and states involved.

  • Akkadian Empire (Sargon)
  • Sumerian city-states

Key moments

Defining events in the Akkadian Empire Conquests.

  1. c. 2334 BC Defeat of Lugalzagesi
  2. c. 2300 BC Conquest of Ebla

Elsewhere in Middle East at the time

Records whose own span overlaps this one, found by the same test the canvas draws with. The bar under each card is where it sits inside this one.

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Babylon

2300 BCE – 275 BCE

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Andronovo

2299 BCE – 999 BCE

Trade route · Middle East

Nile River Trade

3000 BCE – 30 BCE

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Great Pyramid of Giza

2560 BCE – still standing

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Egypt

Attested 3000 BCE – 2026 CE

Trade route · Middle East

Mesopotamian Trade Network

3000 BCE – 500 BCE

Landmark · Middle East

Dead Sea

3000 BCE – still standing

Polity · Middle East

Semites

Attested 3000 BCE – 2000 BCE

Dated moments inside this span

Events the timeline places between 2334 BCE and 2279 BCE.

2300 BCE Babylon

And in the rest of the world

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

Grand Canyon Landmark · Americas 3000 BCE – still standing Gojoseon Polity · East Asia 2332 BCE – 107 BCE Harappan Maritime Trade (Indus–Mesopotamia) Trade route · South Asia 2600 BCE – 1900 BCE Sargon of Akkad Figure · Mesopotamia 2334 BCE – 2279 BCE Great Barrier Reef Landmark · Oceania 3000 BCE – still standing Dravidians Polity · South Asia 3000 BCE – 700 BCE
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