Around 2300 B.C.E., the Mesopotamian king Sargon —a native of the elusive Akkad—conquered Girsu and other Sumerian cities, and he whipped them into administrative shape.

In 2340 BC, Sargon of Akkad, also known as Sargon the Great, created the world’s first professional military, according to the Warfare History Network.

The Akkadian Empire existed for a short time between 2334-2218 BCE, and was founded by Sargon the Great (or Sargon of Akkad), probably its most famous ruler. But despite its relative short ...

An independent city that at its height spanned hundreds of acres was eventually conquered by the Mesopotamian king Sargon, who hailed from the city Akkad (believed to be near present-day Baghdad ...

W. F. Albright, A Babylonian Geographical Treatise on Sargon of Akkad's Empire, Journal of the American Oriental Society, Vol. 45 (1925), pp. 193-245 ...