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I believe that would be Vladmir Lenin
We put our nuclear warheads in Turkey. Turkey is nearby Russia and we had good relations with them.
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In general, no, Mesopotamia did not fall because of attack from other empires, since it was primarily due to the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers drying up that led to a lack of produce, and therefore a fall in the empire itself.