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Sargon the Great created the first empire in 2350 BCE, in Mesopotamia. The empire was known as the Akkadian Empire and it prospered in the Bronze Age.
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When Sargon overthrew Lugalzagesi and seized power he gained an already united kingdom which he could use to advantage in military campaigns to establish the first empire over all of Mesopotamia. He may have been helped in this by his own legend which established his humble backgrounds.
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