Sargon of Akkad

◍ Open on the globe

founder of the Akkadian Empire

c. 2360 BC – 2279 BC · 81 years · Akkad · Middle East

United the cities of Sumer and Akkad, creating one of history's first empires, from the Persian Gulf to the Mediterranean.

Wikipedia (Russian) · Wikipedia (English) · 24th century BC

Portrait: Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

The world in their lifetime

• c. 2334 BC Sargon founds the Akkadian Empire — aged 26, Middle East