BIZARRE: 46 | Mind Blowing Facts

How Sargon of Akkad Created the World’s First Empire

In the late 24th century BCE, Ancient Mesopotamia was embroiled in a constant war over who would unify the region. Out of the ashes came Sargon of Akkad, who united many city-states in Mesopotamia and is credited with founding the first empire in recorded history. In tribute to his life and legacy, future generations referred […]

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The Tragic Lives of Joseph Stalin’s Children

We are all familiar with Joseph Stalin, the Georgian leader of the Soviet Union for nearly thirty years between the mid-1920s and his death in 1953. To say his reputation is not good is an understatement. In the late 1920s, Stalin turned the Soviet Union into one of the most totalitarian states in human history,

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