Sargon of Akkad

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Sargon of Akkad (also known as Sargon the Great, Shar-Gani-Sharri, and Sarru-Kan), lived from c. 2334–2279 B.C. and was an Akkadian who conquered and united Sumerian cities; the founder of the Akkadian empire and the first recorded emperor in the world.