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Early political development in Mesopotamia and the origins of the Sargonic empireessay 1993 • Steinkeller, Piotr
Akkadian • Middle East > Middle East
In approximately the year 2300 BC, Sargon of Akkade defeated a coalition of Sumerian city-states led by Lugal-zagesi, thereby sucuring for himself complete mastery over southern Babylonia. This event marked the beginning of what is known in history a...