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Sargon I & the Sargon I & the AkkadiansAkkadians
The Uniter of Mesopotamia
How were the How were the Sumerians take over?Sumerians take over?• Sumerian
Mesopotamia became very rich $$$
• Sumerians fight over money and power
• Too busy worrying about beating each other up
Sargon the Baby Boy!
•Placed in a basket and Placed in a basket and sent down the sent down the Euphrates River where Euphrates River where his adopted mother his adopted mother found him & was told by found him & was told by the goddess Inanna that the goddess Inanna that he would be great one he would be great one dayday
2300BCE2300BCE
Uniting a Divided Land with Sargon
What is an Empire
• A large area of land controlled by one government or person!
Uniting a Divided land Uniting a Divided land with Sargonwith Sargon
• How did Sargon Unite this land, besides conquering it?
• How did he get all the people to get along?
• He compromises and uses all of their cultures mixed together.
• Akkadian Language
• Sumerian
• Writing
• Gods (several major gods)
• 50 years after Sargon I dies his son and later grandson have a hard time keeping peace and the people started a >>>>>>>>>
Sargon I’s Empire Falls Apart