Sargon Conquers Mesopotamia

Sargon Conquers Mesopotamia

by Vanessa Arellano

​An Outsider Takes Over

​Who was Sargon?

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• ​Sargon the Great was an ancient Mesopotamian ruler.

• ​Mother was a priestess

• ​Servant to the king

• ​Became a powerful official in Kish

Multiple Select

Who was Sargon?

• Ancient Ruler

• Iron Man

• Servant to the king

• An avenger

​An Outsider Takes Over (Cont...)

• ​Sargon lived in city-state of Kish near Akkad

• ​an area in central Mesopotamia

• ​Sargon was able to overthrow the king and became ruler of Kish

​First Empire

• ​Sargon began growing powerful

• ​Sumer began to weaken because of internal wars and invasions

• ​Sargon's army was able to take over Sumer, becoming its ruler

• ​Akkadian Empire controlled northern Mesopotamia

• ​Ruled the land between Mediterranean Sea to the Persian Gulf

• ​Ruled the Akkadian Empire from his city of Akkad

Multiple Choice

Why was Sargon able to conquer Sumer?

• Sumer did not have a leader

• Internal wars and invasions

• Sumer wanted to be conquered so they let Sargon take over

• the force was not strong with Sumer

Multiple Choice

How far did Sargon's Empire stretch?

• Mediterranean Sea to the Gulf of Persia

• California to Canada

• Mexico to China

• I have no idea

​Empire and Expansion

• ​Akkadian Empire lasted 150 years

• ​Sargon was ruler for 56 years

• ​Won over 34 battles and took 50 rulers prisoners

• ​Good warrior and skilled at managing people and projects

​Empire and Expansion

• ​Conquered many lands but allowed the people to keep their local ruler

• The people he conquered had to obey and pay a protection tax called a ​TRIBUTE

• ​Sargon's policy helped keep peace

• This helped win the loyalty of the people he conquered​

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Multiple Choice

How did Sargon keep win loyalty from the people he conquered?

• He let them do whatever they wanted

• They were allowed to keep their local leaders but had to pay a protection tax

• He was a great ruler

• They liked how he looked

​Empire and Expansion

• ​Akkadian Empire began to expand

• ​Because of this it became to big to control

• ​When he died, his sons took over and could not keep control

• ​City-states began to rebel

• ​Enemies began to raid city-states

• ​Akkadian Empire fell

Multiple Choice

Why did the Akkadian Empire fall?

• They got to big to control

• They spent to much time trying to conquest

• They were mean and people didn't like them

• They are still around today