Bibliographies
“Sargon of Akkad.” Google, Google, www.google.ca/amp/s/www.ancient.eu/amp/1-625/.
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
