"not to brag, but i was only the third king in history to create an empire. i conquered states throughout mesopotamia, from the mediterranean sea to the black sea. unfortunately, empires as big as mine are hard to control. citizens ended up revolting and i was pushed out of power by the sumerians." who am i? sargon the great akhenaton alexander the great akkad

Sargon the Great. Sumerians ended up pushing him out of power, but he was the first recorded person in creating an empire. He conquered most of Mesopotamia, parts of the Levant and he had incursions in other lands.

although the crusades failed to capture jerusalem, they had several major impacts on western europe. they increased the authority of the king: sometimes nobles died in battle without leaving an heir in which case the king got their land. kings passed taxes to pay for the crusades.

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