23rd century BC
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(24th century BC - 23rd century BC - 22nd century BC - other centuries)
(4th millennium BC - 3rd millennium BC - 2nd millennium BC)
Events
- 2334 - 2279 BC (short chronology) Sargon of Akkad's conquest of Mesopotamia.
- c. 2285 BC - Enheduanna, high priestess of the moon god Nanna in Ur, was born.
- 2215 BC - A Guti army swept down from the Zagros Mountains and defeated the demoralized Akkadian army. They took Agade, the capital of Akkad, and destroyed it thoroughly.
Significant persons
- Sargon of Akkad, founder of the Akkadian Empire and the earliest empire builder in recorded history
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