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Compare And Contrast The Persian Empire And Akkadian Empires
Lexi Hughes
October 1st, 2010
A.P. world history pd 4th
Akkadian/Persian Essay
The Akkadian’s VS. The Persian’s
The two empires that I am writing about are the Akkadian Empire which was from 2350-1900 B.C.E. And the Persian Empire, which was from 2000-330 B.C.E. They were both very powerful and inventive. So first is the Persians.
The Persian Empire was from 2000-330 BCE. Though they didn’t begin to, appear in the region east of Mesopotamia until 1300 BCE. The Persian Empire developed in 2000 BCE but at this time the Persians were very nomadic. So they really didn’t establish themselves until they came to Mesopotamia and started become more horticultural. They brought iron working skills with them to Mesopotamia; they were
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