Accomplishments of the Akkadians In a land far, far away the people of sumer were happy until one day the Akkadians came, and war started. The akkadians were known for, under the rule of sargon, conquering all of mesopotamia, after conquering mesopotamia they had to keep control over the empire. The Akkadians accomplished something no one had before they made a organized army that conquered everyone. First he had to assembled a large army so they could have more warriors to fight. Then he taught his army how to fight he did this so that they knew how to fight. He was so good at teaching them how to fight because he was a skilled general and a good teacher. He knew to win they needed to do something different so he taught his soldiers
As the Sumerian gained control of more land, the city-states began to fight one another for power over land and water leaving these villages to be an easy target for invaders. The Akkadians, a group north of the Sumerian Empire, occupied the city-states and found a new empire. Sargon's Empire, the leader of the Akkadians, soon fell to invasions from adjoining hill people that brought back the system of quarreling city-states. Hammurabi's Empire consisted of a disciplined foot army that carried axes, spears, and bronze and copper daggers as well as outwitting his opponents to overcome them. Hammurabi was a man of both war and peace as he encouraged trade, helped the economy recover, helped his people build temples, defensive walls, and irrigation
Sumer was a very prosperous country.They had enormous amounts of money and natural resources, but they had one problem politically.They were divided into multiple city states spread throughout their region of land. City states are cities that are also separate, independent states.These multiple city states fought with each other for many years over land and use of river water and had been conquered twice.
Sargon of Akkad reigned ancient Mesopotamia from about 2334 to 2279 BCE and created the world’s first multi-national empire. He conquered all of southern Mesopotamia and parts of Anatolia, Syria and Elam. He was commonly known as Sargon the Great. Sargon’s father was unknown and there is no record of him. His mother was a priestess for the goddess Innana. Since his mother was a priestess, she could not reveal the fact that she was pregnant or keep the child, so she sent Sargon down the Euphrates River in a basket. He was later found by a man named Akki. Akki was a gardner for the Summerian king of Kish,
Sargon of Akkad reigned ancient Mesopotamia from about 2334 to 2279 BCE. He conquered all of southern Mesopotamia and parts of Anatolia, Syria and Elam. He was commonly known as Sargon the Great. Sargon’s father was unknown and there is no record of him. His mother was a priestess for the goddess Innana. Since his mother was a priestess, she could not reveal the fact that she was pregnant or keep the child, so she sent Sargon down the Euphrates River in a basket. A man named Akki later found him floating in the river and adopted him. Akki was a gardener for the Sumerian king of Kish, Ur-Zababa.
As a young child, Sargon I was sent down the Euphrates river in a wooden basket by his mom because she was a priestess and could not have children basically abandoning him. He was then found by a man by the name of Akki who was a gardener for Ur-Zababa, the king of the city Kish. Who knew this small child would turn into something very big and famous. Sargon I rose up to conquering all of Mesopotamia and creating the first empire in the world. Sargon's 1st greatest
They were powerful. They were huge. They were brave. They loved their leader Sargon. These men were the Akkadians and they had two big accomplishments. And because of him, they were destined for greatness. The first great accomplishment was when the Akkadians conquered Sumer. The other was how well they could keep control of Sumer.
In the ancient land of Mesopotamia many great factions fought for control of the land, many rose and many fell the only constant in Mesopotamia was war. All of the civilizations that lived in Mesopotamia rose and fell like the sun.
Sumerians were creative inventors in their city-state of Sumer and made a lot of advancements and inventions that impacted. What the Sumerians did also helped their society and today’s society. It changed our world to come to be what it is today. Since Sumer is a place that lived long ago, its history and actions made up what our generation and life is like today.
Sargon the Great was the first ruler of the Akkadian Empire. He ruled for fifty six years before dying of natural causes. During his time ruling he did many good things for his people and helped create lots of new inventions. He was a very humble and well respected man that conquered all of South Mesopotamia. Sargon the Great was very successful in ruling his massive empire, his death causing the demise of him Akkadian Empire.
For 1,200 years Sumer was a land of peaceful city states, until Sargon and the Akkadians conquered the land. Sargon was a great and strong leader to all of the empire. He was the first to do many things but one thing that he was specifically known for was the formation they used in army. It was called the turtle because it had in the front, the shields, in the middle, spears and in the back archers. This helped them defeat many city states. Once they defeated the king of Uruk, Sargon had control over all the parts of Mesopotamia. One of the other things he was best known for was that he was a great ruler that was able to control Mesopotamia after conquering it. In the end, Sargon had created the turtle formation, conquered Mesopotamia and controlled Mesopotamia. Sargon and the Akkadians were the first to create an empire.
. Mesopotamia, current day Iraq, derived its name from words meaning, "the land between the rivers," which refers to the Tigris and Euphrates. This land was inhabited during the fourth millennium B.C.E. and throughout time transcended into political and military organizations. The significance of these cultures revolved around important warrior figures and their impact on society. The most important figure that will be discussed is the protagonist from The Epic of Gilgamesh. Many consider it to be the greatest literary composition written in cuneiform Akkadian around 2150 BC. This epic portrays the life of the great warrior, Gilgamesh. It chronicles how his victories, both militaristic and internal,
The assyrians lived in the northern part of mesopotamia and had lived there for a long period of time. The assyrians were actually pretty peaceful people, until Hammurabi had conquered them. Then in about 900 B-C-E they rose up and took power and prepared for war. With a strong army they started to conquer the rest of mesopotamia and took it for themselves. They were feared for their cruelty and military defence. But they are best known for their weapons and battle strategies. They had worked on and perfected the use of horses and iron weapons and became taught to the siege warfare strategies. A siege was to camp on the outside of the city and repeatedly attack until it was conquered. The assyrians created new ways of attacking and were the first to use the battering ram. The battering was a long heavy wood beam the was placed on wheels and were used to bring down walls. They also made huge movable towers to the soldiers could get over the walls easily. They believed that the gods were the special beings and built beautiful homes just for them. They also built aqueducts for fresh drinking water that could come from more than 30 miles away. Tho their rule lasted to 300 years and there land expanded from egypt to the persian gulf and it grew too thin and weakened as the attacking neighbors came and rose up against them. In 612 B-C-E a combined force of the Babylonians, Scythians, and a group of people called the medes took down the Assyrians forever.
Ancient Mesopotamia housed its share of civilizations, empires and city-states. Two of those well-known societies, the Sumerians and the Akkadians, fought back and forth for control over Sumer, an area that is about the size of Northern Ireland (“The Rise of Sumer and the Akkadian Empire”). Although both civilizations overlapped in place and time, both contributed their own unique artistic and architectural achievements to what is known as Iraq, using their own language that was not even distantly related to each other (Frankfort 83). Less than one hundred years ago, it would have been difficult to compare these two civilizations had archeologists and scholars not excavated Mesopotamia, looking for
Mesopotamia was still divided into many competing city-states around 3000 B.C.E while as Egypt had already become unified into a centralization state. Mesopotamia continued to stay like this until later on until the third millennium. From then on, the development of Mesopotamia, we see that two empires rose due to the rapid succession going on; the Third Dynasty of Ur and the empire of Sargon of Akkad. Sargon is a man who historians don't have much information about himself and exactly who he was was because of the lack of historical facts therefore we only have an slight image on who this Sargon was. We do know that Sargon was definitely a powerful man and a man who accomplished so much in order for him to have his own legends. Sargon, a powerful men, builder of a great empire in Mesopotamia, will influence later conquerors.
Refer animation During the second stage (2400 BC-2200 BC), Sumer was conquered by Sargon I (or Sargon the Great), who was the king of Akkad. About 2334 BC he fought more than 30 battles to unite northern Mesopotamia. He incorporated the Sumerian city-states into the Akkadian kingdom. Sargon's rule introduced a new level of political organisation.