In this episode we visit ancient Mesopotamia and talk about the reign of Sargon of Akkad, founder of the world’s first empire – the Akkadian empire.
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📜Chapters:
00:00 Overview of Sumer
00:49 Sargon’s youth
02:28 Lugalzagesi invades Kish
04:23 Sargon vs. Lugalzagesi
5:05 Sargon’s conquests
6:56 Establishment of Akkadian Empire
7:55 Sargon vs. Nur-Dagan
8:27 Late years of Sargon
9:53 Thanks & Credits
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📃 Sources & Further Read:
Lewis, Brian: The Sargon Legend: A Study of the Akkadian Text and the Tale of the Hero Who Was Exposed at Birth (1984)
Foster, Benjamin R.: The Age of Akkad. Inventing Empire in Ancient Mesopotamia (2016)
Pausanias: Description of Greece
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