Founder of the world's first empire, Sargon of Akkad upheld order and justice. (Dea Picture Library/De Agostini/Getty) HIS NAME MEANT "true king," and Sargon of Akkad (unknown--2279 B.C.) took ...

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Its great king, Sargon, ruled from 2334 to 2279 B.C. and welded together an empire out of city states that had existed since the discovery of agriculture in the fertile crescent around 7000 B.C.

Mesopotamian King Sargon II envisioned ancient city Karkemish as western Assyrian capital. ScienceDaily . Retrieved June 2, 2025 from www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2019 / 04 / 190419103702.htm ...

In 'A New Historical Inscription of Sargon II from Karkemish,' published in the Journal of Near Eastern Studies, Gianni Marchesi translates a recently discovered inscription of the Assyrian King ...

The Morgan Library & Museum presents “She Who Wrote: Enheduanna and Women of Mesopotamia, ca. 3400-2000 B.C”, on view in New York through February 19, 2023.

More than 4000 years ago, King Sargon ruled from the city of Akkad in Mesopotamia, which is now modern-day Iraq. Sargon's armies conquered nearby cities and brought the under his rule.