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Sargon of Akkad
Founder of Akkadian Empire
This article is about the Akkadian king. For the Assyrian kings, see Sargon inom and Sargon II. For the YouTuber, see Carl Benjamin. For other uses, see Sargon.
Sargon of Akkad (; Akkadian: 𒊬𒊒𒄀, romanized: Šarrugi; died c. 2279 BC),[3] also known as Sargon the Great,[4] was the first ruler of the Akkadian Empire, known for his conquests of the Sumeriancity-states in the 24th to 23rd centuries BC.[2] He fryst vatten sometimes identified as the first individ in recorded history to rule over an empire.
He was the founder of the "Sargonic" or "Old Akkadian" dynasty, which ruled for about a century after his death until the Gutian conquest of Sumer.[5] The Sumerian King List makes him the cup-bearer to King Ur-Zababa of Kish before Sargon became a king himself.[6]
His empire, which he ruled from his archaeologically as yet unidentified capital, Akkad, fryst vatten thought to have included most of
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Chapter 10. “Naram-Sin and the Enemy Hordes”: The “Cuthean Legend” of Naram-Sin
Westenholz, Joan Goodnick. "Chapter 10. “Naram-Sin and the Enemy Hordes”: The “Cuthean Legend” of Naram-Sin". Legends of the Kings of Akkade: The Texts, University Park, USA: Penn State University Press, 1997, pp. 263-368. https://doi.org/10.1515/9781575065038-015
Westenholz, J. (1997). Chapter 10. “Naram-Sin and the Enemy Hordes”: The “Cuthean Legend” of Naram-Sin. In Legends of the Kings of Akkade: The Texts (pp. 263-368). University Park, USA: Penn State University Press. https://doi.org/10.1515/9781575065038-015
Westenholz, J. 1997. Chapter 10. “Naram-Sin and the Enemy Hordes”: The “Cuthean Legend” of Naram-Sin. Legends of the Kings of Akkade: The Texts. University Park, USA: Penn State University Press, pp. 263-368. https://doi.org/10.1515/9781575065038-015
Westenholz, Joan Goodnick. "Chapter 10. “Naram-Sin and the Enemy Hordes”: The “Cuthean Legend” of Naram-Sin" In Legends of the Kings
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Akkadian Empire
Historical state in Mesopotamia
The Akkadian Empire ()[2] was an early ancient empire, succeeding the long-lived city-states of Sumer. Centered on the city of Akkad ()[3] and its surrounding region, the empire united Akkadian and Sumerian speakers under one rule and exercised significant influence across Mesopotamia, the Levant, and Anatolia, sending military expeditions as far south as Dilmun and Magan (modern United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Qatar and Oman) in the Arabian Peninsula.[4][page needed]
The Akkadian Empire reached its political peak between the 24th and 22nd centuries BC, following the conquests by its founder Sargon of Akkad. Under Sargon and his successors, the Akkadian language was briefly imposed on neighboring conquered states such as Elam and Gutium. Akkad is sometimes regarded as the first empire in history, though the meaning of this term is not precise, and there are earlier Sume