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The script appeared
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(Arabs, Hebrews and Syrians) constantly invaded the Mesopotamian region
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Around 2350 a. C., Sargon, a usurper of Akkadian origin, took power in the city of Kiš. He founded a new capital, Agadé and conquered the rest of Sumerian cities, defeating the king of Umma until then dominant
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Utu-hegal, king of Uruk, defeated and expelled the rulers of the Sumerian lands. shortly thereafter he was defeated by Ur-Nammu, the king of Ur, who became the hegemonic city in the entire region during the period of Ur
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2003 a. C. the last predominantly Sumerian Empire fell. Henceforth, the Akkadian culture that predominates and later Babylon will inherit the role of the great Sumerian empires.
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Will be the monarchs of Larsa those who are sent to the conquest of the neighboring cities, attacking Elam and the cities of Diyala and conquering Ur, in spite of which they did not obtain a complete dominion in the region,
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An expansion policy will begin; in the first place he freed himself from Ur to confront the king of Larsa, snatching Isin and Uruk; with the help of Mari, in 1762 he defeated a coalition of cities in the Tigris, and then conquered the city of Larsa.
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Hammurabi died in 1750 a. C., then reigned his son Samsu-iluna, who had to face an attack by the cottages. This situation would repeat itself. During the reign of Abi-Eshuh. Since the death of the conqueror, the problems with the houses had multiplied. It was an attack by the Hittite king, Mursili I conquered Babylon, after which the region fell under the power of the casitas.
