Sargon was the first ruler to form an empire around 4000 years ago. He formed the Akkadian empire which ruled Mesopotamia for about 200 years.
It was formed through expansion and the conquering of nation states.
The first person to build a gas engine was built by Daimler or Karl Benz.
Mauryan is the dynasty that built India's first empire.
The Mauryan dynasty built India's first great empire.
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William F. Lamb first took two weeks to draw the plans. Then it took 410 days to build the empire state building. It was built with mostly immigrant labor, and it took $24.7 million to build.
They built theaters first
The first iron bridge in the world was designed by Thomas Farnolls Pritchard and built by Abraham Darby III.
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Shi Huangdi built the first incarnation of the Great Wall of China to protect China from invaders to the North.
It was a trading empire which grew during the First Millennium BCE.
No, but the original Globe Theatre was the first to be built by an acting company. See the related question link below.