History on the Internet: Ancient Near East The history of the Ancient Near East involves a huge time span, from the founding of Babel, Erech, Akkad, Calneh, and Nineveh by Nimrod following Noah's flood, through the Persian empire millenia later. It encompasses the rise and fall of the Sumerians in Mesopotamia (modern Iraq), the Hittites in Anatolia (modern Turkey), the Assyrians, the Babylonians, the Medes, and the Persians... http: //eawc.evansville.edu/nepage.htm
Sargon The Great SARGON OF AKKAD was an ancient Mesopotamian ruler who reigned approximately 2334-2279 BC, and was one of the earliest of the world's great empire builders... http: //allempires.com/article/index.php?q=Sarg...
Sargon of Akkad Sargon was the first person in recorded history to create an empire, or multi-ethnic state.. http: //academickids.com/encyclopedia/index.php...
Sargon's Oath SARGON'S OATH' focuses on Sargon, the Akkadian, one of the most memorable kings of Mesopotamia, the founder of the dynasty of Akkade, the first regional empire in the Ancient Near East... http: //gatewaystobabylon.com/myths/texts/retel...
