Episode 3 Wherever I Went, Let Him Go!

Published: April 24, 2012, 1:30 a.m.

\u201cNow any king who wants to call himself my equal, wherever I went, let him go!\u201d \u2013 Sargon the Great\n\n\n\nIn 2,334 BC, Sargon of Akkad forged the world\u2019s first empire and created a legend that would inspire Near Eastern rulers for millennia. The Third Dynasty of Ur built its smaller but more centralized structure on Akkadian foundations.\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices