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Compare And Contrast The Four Empires

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The Four Empires of Mesopotamia

In the distance across the land was four civilizations. These civilizations were known as the Akkadians, the Babylonians, the Assyrians and finally the Neo-Babylonians. All of the civilizations that lived in mesopotamia rose and fell like the sun.
First, I will be talking about the Akkadians. For 1,200 years, Sumer was a land of independent city-states until in 2300 B.C.E. the akkadians came to conquer them. The akkadians came from northern mesopotamia under rule of the first leader sargon. Sargon was both a strong king and skilled general. He made this empire through effective military strategies. First he had to get a large army. Next he had to teach them to fight in tight formations. This formation was called the turtle. There was shields in the front. Behind the shields were spears. These guys would extend the spear in between the shields. In the back they had archers. Sargon used his military to win territory for his empire. After he defeated the king of the city state urak, Sargon had gained …show more content…

Hammurabi had taken over this empire named the assyrians the had briefly established their own empire intell Hammurabi had conquered them. They started to rise to power again toward 900 B.C.E., when the assyrians began preparing for war with a newly trained army. The Assyrians began to expand their territory. The assyrians were feared for there might and cruelty. They had many achievements. There greatest achievement was there strategies with their weapons horses. They were also very skilled at siege warfare. Siege is a army of soldiers that camp outside a city and repeatedly attack until the city falls and dies. They were also the first ones to use the battering rams and to build the moveable towers. The Assyrians spreaded their cruelty far and wide, creating fear among their enemies which was part of their military

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