dec 31, 2154 BC - Fall of the Akkadian Empire
Description:
Time at which the Akkadian Empire is thought to have collapsed due to the combined effects of drought, raids by the Gutian people and civil wars.Mesopotamia was left as a collection of city-states, including Assyria in the north and Babylonia and Sumer in the south.
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Date:
dec 31, 2154 BC
Now
~ 4184 years ago