Sargon's empire

Sargon founds the first empire.

In plain words

Sargon founds the first empire, in the same river valley where Genesis sets Babel: the same gathering, tried again after the scattering.

The mechanism

CONSOLIDATION — attempted again, in the same river valley, after the scattering

How it was checked

• EvidenceT6 PHYSICAL / MANUSCRIPT; Status: COMMITTED; a capture
• Letter eraTHE ENCLOSURE AT THE BIRTH OF WRITING c. 3500 to c. 1150 BC
• Plate — Bronze head from Nineveh, traditionally identified as Sargon of Akkad, National Museum of Iraq (IM 11331) · CC BY-SA 2.0 · source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Royal_Akkadian_Head_from_Nineveh_(inv.nr._IM_11331).jpg
• SourcesARCHAEOLOGY / KING LISTS