The Fascinating Akkadian Empire — The First Empire in History

Forged by blood, destroyed by drought

Peter Preskar
Short History
Published in
3 min readDec 25, 2022

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The Akkadian Empire and the Mask of Sargon
The Akkadian Empire (Image: Wikimedia Commons) and the Mask of Sargon (Image: worldhistory.org)

History glorifies the largest, the smallest, and the first of everything.

Since the dawn of civilization, humanity organized itself into entities called empires. Each empire rose and fell. Each empire dominated its neighbors.

Have you ever…

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