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Historical Figures and Influential People in History
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Sargon of Akkad
-2334–-2279OtherIraq
He rose from obscurity — possibly a gardener's son — to build the first true empire in recorded history, and the stories told about him echo through legends for millennia.
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Saul
-1050–-1010Middle EastIsrael
He was everything the Israelites asked for in a king — tall, strong, from the right tribe — and fell apart under the pressure of a role he couldn't quite figure out how to play.
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Solomon
-990–-931Middle EastIsrael
He was famed for wisdom, built the Temple, accumulated vast wealth — and left a kingdom so strained by the cost of his ambitions that it split apart after his death.
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