That is not the way historians see it. After conquering all the Sumerian city-states, Sargon I united them with Akkad, and created the world’s first empire. Sargon II did the rest. Babylonia was the capital city and it emerged as a major power when Hammurabi created an empire out of the territories of the former Akkadian Empire.

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