Sargon of Akkad - the first emperor


	Sargon of Akkad - the first emperor
JohnWaterman
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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://www.clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/8b3d7378-8b49-4d19-baad-82fbc2557013/3DEB2D9D-9734-441B-9BCA-0D03D175393D/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sargon_of_Akkad&oldid=218870064" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sargon_of_Akkad&oldid=218870064" style="font-size: 11px;">en.wikipedia.org</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sargon_of_Akkad&oldid=218870064"><B>Sargon of Akkad</B>, also known as <B>Sargon the Great</B> (<A title="Akkadian language" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akkadian_language">Akkadian</A> <I>Šarru-kinu</I></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sargon_of_Akkad&oldid=218870064">meaning "the true <A title="Sharrum" class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sharrum">king</A>" or "the king is legitimate"), was an <A title="Akkadian Empire" class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akkadian_Empire">Akkadian</A> king famous for his conquest of the <A title="Sumer" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sumer">Sumerian</A> city-states in the 24th and 23rd centuries BC.<SUP class="reference" id="cite_ref-0"><A title="" href="#cite_note-0">[1]</A></SUP> The founder of the Dynasty of Akkad, Sargon reigned for 56 years, c. 2270 BC – 2215 BC </blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sargon_of_Akkad&oldid=218870064">He became a prominent member of the royal court of <A title="Kish (Sumer)" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kish_%28Sumer%29">Kish</A>, ultimately overthrowing its king before embarking on the conquest of <A title="Mesopotamia" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mesopotamia">Mesopotamia</A>. Sargon's vast empire is known to have extended from <A title="Elam" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elam">Elam</A> to the <A title="Mediterranean" class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mediterranean">Mediterranean</A> sea, including Mesopotamia, parts of modern-day <A title="Iran" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iran">Iran</A> and <A title="Syria" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syria">Syria</A>, and possibly parts of <A title="Anatolia" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anatolia">Anatolia</A> and the <A title="Arabian peninsula" class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arabian_peninsula">Arabian peninsula</A>. He ruled from a new capital, Akkad (Agade), which the Sumerian king list claims he built (or possibly renovated), on the left bank of the <A title="Euphrates" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Euphrates">Euphrates</A></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sargon_of_Akkad&oldid=218870064">regarded as one of the first individuals in recorded history to create a multiethnic, centrally ruled <A title="Empire" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Empire">empire</A></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sargon_of_Akkad&oldid=218870064"><table background="undefined" bgcolor=""><tr><TD align="center" colspan="3"><A title="AkkadianHead.jpg" class="image" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:AkkadianHead.jpg"><IMG width="200" height="358" border="0" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e2/AkkadianHead.jpg/200px-AkkadianHead.jpg" alt="" /></A></TD></tr></table></blockquote><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://www.clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/images/clip-icon.gif" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4JrmTgu6xeY" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4JrmTgu6xeY" style="font-size: 11px;">www.youtube.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4JrmTgu6xeY"><div align="center"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/4JrmTgu6xeY&hl=en" height="329" width="400" wmode="opaque" quality="high" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"></embed></div></blockquote><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://www.clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/images/clip-icon.gif" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IE0ffTx8dyA" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IE0ffTx8dyA" style="font-size: 11px;">www.youtube.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IE0ffTx8dyA"><div align="center"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/IE0ffTx8dyA&hl=en" height="329" width="400" wmode="opaque" quality="high" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"></embed></div></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/3DEB2D9D-9734-441B-9BCA-0D03D175393D/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>
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