166k views
2 votes
Which people stablished the world's first trading empire

User Lopoc
by
8.5k points

1 Answer

7 votes
As far as we can tell, the world's first trading empire was created by the Akkadians (Semitic-speaking) and Summerians, in Mesopotamia, around 2250 BCE. We refer to this empire as the Akkadian Empire.
User Sudhin
by
7.7k points