
Vol 2 Ep 2 - The Akkadian Empire ( Sargon of Akkad )
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Four point o kiloyear event may have happened four thousand, 200 years ago. This would have been during the acadian empire and during the reign of shark ali shary. The people of the sumerian cities within the acadian Empire would have suffered from major crop failures, drought and famine. Drought would cause cities to rise up in defiance of their acadian rulers,. In some cases, cities would be completely abandoned. Whether or not the acadian empires collapsed after the apparent abandonment of akad is debatable.
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