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− | The '''Akkadian Empire''' 2360-2180 B.C. was situated in [[Sumeria]] in the [[fertile crescent]] in the lower [[Mesopotamia]] and north of the Sumer River. King [[Sargon the Great]] created the empire by overrunning the Kish. An area that had few natural defenses, it lacked the long lasting nature of, say, the kingdom of [[Egypt]] during that same time period. | + | The '''Akkadian Empire''' 2360-2180 B.C. was situated in [[Sumeria]] in the [[fertile crescent]] in the lower [[Mesopotamia]] and north of the Sumer River.<ref name="a">The New American Desk Encyclopedia, Penguin Group, 1989</ref> King [[Sargon the Great]] created the empire by overrunning the Kish.<ref name="a"/> An area that had few natural defenses, it lacked the long lasting nature of, say, the kingdom of [[Egypt]] during that same time period.<ref name="a"/> |
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The Akkadian Empire 2360-2180 B.C. was situated in Sumeria in the fertile crescent in the lower Mesopotamia and north of the Sumer River.[1] King Sargon the Great created the empire by overrunning the Kish.[1] An area that had few natural defenses, it lacked the long lasting nature of, say, the kingdom of Egypt during that same time period.[1]