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In 2340 BC, Sargon of Akkad, also known as Sargon the Great, created the world’s first professional military, according to the Warfare History Network. Before Sargon modernized the army ...
They date from 2300BC, when Girsu and other independent Sumerian cities were conquered by Sargon of Akkad. The Akkadians, believed to have come from near modern Baghdad, succeeded in uniting ...