Sargon of Akkad Timeline

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2334 BCE - 2279 BCE

Sargon of Akkad (the Great) reigns over Mesopotamia and thus creates the world's first empire.
2334 BCE - 2218 BCE

The Akkadian Empire rules Sumer.
c. 2330 BCE

Sargon of Akkad sacks Ur.
c. 2320 BCE

Sargon of Akkad invades the Hattic region, fails to take Hattusa.
2285 BCE - 2250 BCE

Life of Enheduanna, daughter of Sargon of Akkad, and world's first author known by name.
c. 2083 BCE

Fall of Akkad to the Gutians; the end of Akkadian Empire.
c. 2083 BCE - c. 2050 BCE

The Dark Age of Mesopotamia.