Sargon the Great

After 2350 BCE Mesootamia was continually run over by outsiders. Sargon the Great (2371-2316 BCE), who was an Akkadian from the North, successively attacked the Mesopotamian cities North to South until the entire region was under his control. The was the beginning of the first imperial state. Ironically, since Sumerian culture was far more advanced than anything Sargon could muster, it swept through the entire region. Thus, it was true that the conqueror himself was conquered by his conquerors.