EMPIRE BUILDING

SARGON

PERSONALITY

• Self-made man
• He was a very successful and popular king
• Controlling
• Father like figure

CONTRIBUTED TO AREA:

• Built first empire
• Created a bureaucracy with a standard set of rules
• New military technology: composite bow & phalanx structure
• One language: Akkadian

FAIR RULER?

• Sargon was unfair because he cared only about domination.
• He wanted people to fear him and he didn't care about fairness.

DIFFERENT

• He fought in many wars.
• Captured many cities such as Mari, Yarmuti, and Ebla.
• He founded a new capital, Agade.
• He placed his own officials as governors.

LEGACY OF SARGON

• After their time, Sumer and Akkad became a more
• Imtegrated Political unit.
• Akkadian was established as the new language of government
• Alongside Sumerian