Sargon of Akkad boasted that ships from Meluhha moored at his capital.
That was most likely the Mesopotamian name for the Indus Valley, home of Mohenjo-daro.
The events
- Rise of Mohenjo-daroc. 2500 BC · Mohenjo-daro. Mohenjo-daro became one of the largest cities of the Indus Valley Civilisation, with a grid of streets, brick houses, covered drains and the Great Bath. Its script remains undeciphered to this day.
- Sargon founds the Akkadian Empirec. 2334 BC · Akkad. Sargon of Akkad conquered the city-states of Sumer and Akkad and built a realm stretching from the Persian Gulf toward the Mediterranean. Often called the first empire, it made Akkadian the lasting language of Mesopotamia.
25th century BC · 24th century BC
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