Sargon the Great
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Sargon the Great is the founder of the Mesopotamian Empire and the First Great Conqueror. He conquered the entire known world (Mesopotomia and the surrounding areas) using a combined military force and innovative ruling strategies.
Yet another interesting history tidbit from Military History Podcast:
Sargon the Great (the earliest event in military history) and Saddam Hussein (the most recent event in military history) have probably stood on the exact same spot of ground, four-thousand years apart.
For more information:
Sargon the Great is the founder of the Mesopotamian Empire and the First Great Conqueror. He conquered the entire known world (Mesopotomia and the surrounding areas) using a combined military force and innovative ruling strategies.
Yet another interesting history tidbit from Military History Podcast:
Sargon the Great (the earliest event in military history) and Saddam Hussein (the most recent event in military history) have probably stood on the exact same spot of ground, four-thousand years apart.
For more information:
- Military History Magazine: The First Great Conqueror (October 2002)
- Microsoft Encarta Reference Library 2003: Sargon I
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sargon_of_Akkad
posted by George Hageman at 3:31 PM
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