2. Sargon of Akkad The First World Empire The First World Empire

3. From around 5000 years before Christ

4. farmers settle in the wide valley

5. between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers

6. in the actual Iraq

8. This area become known as

9. Mesopotamia

10. Mesopotamia means “land between rivers”

11. The southern part of Mesopotamia was Sumer

12. Each city in Sumer was run by a group of Nobleman

14. but in war times they chose a war-leader.

16. As war become most frequent

17. The war-leaders become kings

19. Sargon was one of this kings.

20. Around the year 2334 before Christ

21. he came from Akkad, the land just north of Sumer

22. He was a skilled soldier

24. and has control of a huge army

26. He conquer the whole Summer and Akkad

27. Creating the worlds first Empire

28. this mean the first multiethnic state

30. Sargon is almost entirely know by legends

32. He was the first man try to conquer the known word

33. His example was followed by…

34. Alexander the Great 2000 years later

36. but this is other history

37. The End