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Sargon of Akkad

2300 BC - 2215 BC

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Sargon of Akkad (; Akkadian: 𒊬𒊒𒄀, romanized: Šarrugi; died c. 2279 BC), 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. He is sometimes identified as the first person in recorded history to rule over an empire. He was the founder of the "Sargonic" or "Old Akkadian" dynasty, which ruled for about a century after his death until the Gutian conquest of Sumer. The Sumerian King List makes him the cup-bearer to King Ur-Zababa of Kish before Sargon became a king himself. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Sargon of Akkad is the 56th most popular politician, the 5th most popular biography from Iraq 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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