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Mesopotamian Dark Ages

Ur Zababa

Trade

Akkadians made streams from the ocean to nourish the plants

Irrigation

Way to grow plants during droughts

Postal service

First postal system

Downfall of the Akkadians

Collapse

A famine could have helped the Gutians take over

Shar-Kali-Sarri waged almost a countinuous war against the Amorites, the Elamites, and the invading Gutians

Mesopotamians believed that the Gutian invasion led to the fall of the empire

Mesopotamian writers wrote that the Gutians were the "destroyers of civilization

Shar-Kali-Sarri tried holding the empire but eventually fell apart

When Sargon's great-grandson (Shar-Kali-Sharri) started ruling the empire started to unravel and city states broke away to form their own independent kingdoms

Legacy

After Naram-Sin died, Shar-Kalli-Sharri took over

After Manishtusu, Naram-Sin took over

Naram-Sin did the best out of all three of them

After Rimush died, Manishtusu, Sargon's other son, took over

After Sargon died, Rimush, his son, took over

Rise of Sargon

Empire

Sargon formed the first empire

King

Made a city called Akkad and had authority over military might

Sargon declared himself king of Sumer

Lugalzagesi

Sargon had an affair with Lugalzagesi's wife and they became enemies, Sargon won and Lugalzagesi was humiliated

Lugalzagesi didn't want to kill Sargon so he joined him and destroyed Kish together

Ur Zababa sent Sargon as a sacrifice for peace

Lugalzagesi was conquering Sumer and was getting to Kish even though he promised to not attack Kish

Early Years

Sargon became the cupbearer of Ur Zababa

Sargon was found by Akki

Akki was a gardener of the king of Kish, Ur Zababa

His mother couldn't reveal him, so she sent him down the Euphrates River

Fair Taxes

Science

Art

Architecture

Clay scuptures

New Roads

Sargon chose his own name

Sargon 1

Sargon was a Semitic name, so people assumed Sargon was a Semite

Shar-Kalli-Sharri

Sargon's great-grandson

Gutians invaded the empire along with the Elamites and the Amorites

Lost control of the empire

Given rule after Naram-Sin

Naram-Sin

Sargon's grandson

Ruled for 36 years, then died

Expanded and developed the empire

Given rule after Manishtusu

Manishtusu

Ruled for 15 years, then died

Given rule after Rimush

Rimush

Sargon's son

Ruled for 9 years, then died

First king after Sargon died

Enheduanna

Sargon's daughter

Priestess of Inanna in Ur

First named writer

Father and mother

Sargon never knew his father, but his mother sent Sargon down the Euphrates river as could not reveal him

Shar-Kali-Sharri

These names meant great king, or legitimate king

Sargon I of the Akkadian Empire

Family

Subtopic

Developments

Names

Was also known as Shar-Gani-Sharri

Was also known as Sargon the Great

Was also known as Sarru-Kan

Akkadian Empire