In this way, he secured trade routes, and in that way a supply of wood and precious stones could freely be transported down Euphrates to Akkad. Sargon conquered Mari, Yarmuti and Elam all the way to the Taurus Mountains. He took the title “King of the Four corners of Earth”. Sargon’s power stands out in his titles, where he was referred to as “the master of all people and countries”. He penetrated in to Palestine and Syria, and all the way to the border of Anatolia (Asia Minor). He took the campaign to the west, which until then was called Ammuru. He built port in the Tigris, and he organized a standing army. Sargon’s empire was clerks – centralist country. Sargon I (2340- 2284 BC) – conquered Sumerian cities (Uruk, Ur, Lagash, Umma), he founded the Akkadian empire. It is believed that they penetrated from Syria in to the area of Diyala and in the northern part of Mesopotamia. The exact origin of the Akkadians is unknown. Around 2400 BC he united the Sumerian cities – countries and established Akkad empire (2340 – 2284 BC), which extended from Elam to the Mediterranean Sea. This situation paved the way for the first great ruler of the war in the history of Western civilization – Semite Sargon (also known as Sargon the Great) of Akkad. However, such frequent wars had some consequences particularly it exhausted the cities, materially and physically. Sumerian cities were fighting war very frequently among themselves, but none managed to achieve a dominant position.
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