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Sargon of Akkad and the World's First Empire

Tides of History

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The Conquerors of Mesopotamia - A Tale of Two Cities

The acadians erased some parts of the venerable city state traditions that had existed for s of years. They bound the old urban centres of mesopotamia to their new empire in a variety of ways. The conquerors imposed a unified system of weights and measures. And they kept exceptionally detailed records of productivity and the available resources.

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