The Reign of Great Ruler - 1599 Words

Known as Sargon, or Sargon the Great. Sargon of Akkad is considered to be one of the first great conquerors of history. A Semitic ruler, he reigned from 2234 to 2279 b.c.e. As the first Mesopotamian Empire King he conquered many of the surrounding city-states forming the Akkadian Empire. Through his reign he conquered all of southern Mesopotamia, parts of Syria, Anatolia and Elam or Western Iraq. Sargon also built the first city of Babylon. Sargon was the first to unite the city-states of Sumer and Mesopotamia under Akkadian rule, building what could be considered the first multi-ethnic societies. Sargon empire used ideas from the cities he conquered and infused them in to the society. Sargon also created a bureaucracy with a standard of rules and procedures. Known largely for their military force, Sargon introduced the phalanx structure to military combat where soldiers lined up in equal spaced rows of men with overlapping shields and spears forming a human wall of protection. 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