Sargon I of the Akkadian Empire

Was also known as Sarru-Kan

Was also known as Sargon the Great

Was also known as Shar-Gani-Sharri

First named writer

Priestess of Inanna in Ur

First king after Sargon died

Ruled for 9 years, then died

Given rule after Rimush

Ruled for 15 years, then died

Given rule after Manishtusu

Expanded and developed
the empire

Ruled for 36 years, then died

Given rule after Naram-Sin

Lost control of the empire

Gutians invaded the empire
along with the Elamites
and the Amorites

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

Sargon was found by Akki

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

Sargon became the cupbearer of Ur Zababa

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

Ur Zababa sent Sargon as a sacrifice for peace

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

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

Sargon declared himself king of Sumer

Made a city called Akkad and had authority over military might

Sargon formed the first empire

After Sargon died, Rimush, his son, took over

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

After Manishtusu, Naram-Sin took over

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

A famine could have helped the Gutians take over