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Sargon of Akkad

2300 BC - 2215 BC

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Sargon of Akkad (; Akkadian: 𒊬𒊒𒄀, romanized: Šarrugi), also known as Sargon the Great, was the first ruler of the Akkadian Empire, known for his conquests of the Sumerian city-states in the 24th to 23rd centuries BC. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Sargon of Akkad has received more than 4,052,924 page views. His biography is available in 76 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 74 in 2019). Sargon of Akkad is the 56th most popular politician (up from 307th in 2019), the 5th most popular biography from Iraq (up from 8th in 2019) and the 4th most popular Iraqi Politician.

Sargon of Akkad is most famous for being the founder of the Akkadian Empire.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Sargon of Akkad ranks 56 out of 19,576. Before him are Justinian I, Josip Broz Tito, Akhenaten, William IV of the United Kingdom, Peter the Great, and James K. Polk. After him are Muammar Gaddafi, Hannibal, Joe Biden, Marcus Aurelius, Queen Victoria, and Franklin Pierce.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 2300 BC, Sargon of Akkad ranks 1. After him are Enheduanna, Merenre Nemtyemsaf II, Neferkare Neby, Dudu of Akkad, Autobiography of Harkhuf, Puzur-Inshushinak, Erridupizir, Pamba, Ankhesenpepi IV, and Iput II. Among people deceased in 2215 BC, Sargon of Akkad ranks 1. 

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In Iraq

Among people born in Iraq, Sargon of Akkad ranks 5 out of 384. Before him are Abraham (-1813), Saladin (1138), Hammurabi (-1810), and Saddam Hussein (1937). After him are Nebuchadnezzar II (-630), Sarah (-1803), Abu Hanifa (698), Sennacherib (-740), Ashurbanipal (-685), Al-Kindi (801), and Ahmad ibn Hanbal (780).

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Among POLITICIANS In Iraq

Among politicians born in Iraq, Sargon of Akkad ranks 4. Before him are Saladin (1138), Hammurabi (-1810), and Saddam Hussein (1937). After him are Nebuchadnezzar II (-630), Sennacherib (-740), Ashurbanipal (-685), Nur ad-Din (1116), Nebuchadnezzar I (-1200), Alexander IV of Macedon (-323), Sargon II (-750), and Khosrow II (570).

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