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The Akkadian and Persian examples show that the rise-and-fall pattern is consistent enough that game theory should ask how the rules, motivations, incentives, and strategies change over time.
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Akkadians
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A transcript-matched topic anchored by excerpts such as "and then traders are able to take the goods across to egypt okay and then you're able to go north to anatolia so why..."
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"and then traders are able to take the goods across to egypt okay and then you're able to go north to anatolia so why..."
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"conquer everyone else okay the acadians okay after after they built the first empire okay then what happened is that other people come over..."
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"...okay? The Mongols started out as mercenaries for the Chinese. The Akkadians started out as mercenaries for the Sumerians. The Moloch started out as..."
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"...time, the other city -states call for help from mercenaries, the Akkadians, who will come and conquer the entire region, okay? And establish an..."
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"...And this leads us to the first world empire called the Akkadian Empire, named by Sargon of Akkad. Now, his name is interesting. His..."
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"...to win. Okay? All right. So as you can see, the Akkadian Empire stretches throughout the Fertile Crescent. Okay? Conquers Mesopotamia, modern Iraq, extends..."
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"...fact, throughout Mesopotamian history, there have been three major empires. The Akkadian Empire, the Babylonian Empire, and the Assyrian Empire. And it goes back..."
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"...a very similar story. So, Sargon of Akkad who founded the Akkadian Empire Romulus and Remus who founded Rome King David who founded Israel..."
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"...what happens is, we have to allow a society, called the Akkadians, to come in and conquer everyone, because they are the most warlike,..."
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"...Okay, so the Mongols perfected this strategy, all right? But the Akkadians also used this strategy, Sargon the Great. Sargon, the second of Akkad,..."
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"...everyone and build the first empire in world history called the Akkadian Empire. So we don't know much about him, but this is what..."
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"...of Mesopotamia and he creates the first world empire called the Akkadian Empire."
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