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The first rulers to expand small holdings into sizable empires were the pharaohs of Egypt and the chiefs of Sumerian cities. By 3100 B.C.E., the kingdoms of Upper and Lower Egypt were united under the leadership of King Narmer. By 2331 B.C.E., Sargon had created an empire that stretched from the Syrian tip of the Fertile Crescent down to the Persian Gulf.
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