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Dead sheep to gold: 4,000-year-old tablet reveals world’s first empire’s secrets
Around 2300 BC, King Sargon of Akkad conquered Girsu and other Sumerian cities, marking the beginning of Akkadian rule. As ...
Ancient stone tablets show government red tape goes back 4,000 years, say scientists
but it was one of the independent Sumerian cities that were conquered around 2300BC by the Mesopotamian king Sargon. Sargon ...
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4,000-Year-Old Clay Tablets Show Ancient Sumerians’ Obsession With Government Bureaucracy
Around 2300 B.C.E., the Mesopotamian king Sargon—a native of the elusive Akkad—conquered Girsu and other Sumerian cities, and he whipped them into administrative shape. “Sargon developed ...
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The Scorpion King 2: Rise of a Warrior - Full Cast & Crew
In Ancient Akkad, Mathayus grows up as ... a desolate training camp for six years by king Hammurabi's clemency. When he returns as a Black Scorpio, Sargon has bloodily seized the throne and ...
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Ancient stone tablets show government red tape goes back 4,000 years, say scientists
At its peak, it covered hundreds of hectares worth of land, but it was one of the independent Sumerian cities that were conquered around 2300BC by the Mesopotamian king Sargon. Sargon originally came ...