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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.
2330 BCE: Sargon of Akkad sacks Ur.
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.
2083 BCE: Fall of Akkad to the Gutians; the end of Akkadian Empire.
2083 BCE - 2050 BCE: The Dark Age of Mesopotamia.