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In his capacity as Ishakul, Sargon called on the tribes of Eastern Semites in Silesia to join his army in the city of Akkad.

After all the tribes arrived, Sargon's strength increased greatly, and the negotiations broke down, and the Sumerian leader Lugar Zag Si called on the Sumerians to form a coalition against Sargon. The city-states joined one after another, and a total of 50 Sumerian city-states of Ensi joined with troops, with a total strength of about 20,000 troops.

In 2371 BC, the Akkadian dynasty, led by Sargon, led the Semitic tribes in the north to form a Semitic alliance, with a well-trained standing army as the core, and attacked the Sumerian region first.

The battle between the two sides is, in a sense, the final battle between Kish and Uruk, who have been enemies for generations, because Sargon is the true king of Kish. With his united standing army of Akkadians, Sargon annihilated the chaotic Sumerian army and captured Lugar Zag Si.

A Nipur inscription gloatingly recounts the fate of Lugar Zag Si: "Sargon, the monarch of Akkad, the king of this country, reduced the city of Uruk to ruins and destroyed its walls. He fought against the Uruks and conquered them, and he fought against Lugar Zag Si, captured him, and shackled him to Nipur. ”

Lugar Zag Si was dragged by Sargon with a rope to the door of the temple of Enlil in the city of Nipur and burned to the deity of the gods, and his wife was taken as a concubine by Sargon.

After many years of campaigning, Sargon led a large army to continue south, deep into the heart of Sumer, after years of conquest, conquered your, Uruk and other city-states, and reached the Persian Gulf ("washing the sword in the Persian Gulf"), following the Shamash dynasty, the Eastern Semites once again unified Mesopotamia, ending the chaos of the region for nearly a thousand years. By this time, his achievements were far higher than those of the Eastern Semitic king of Kish, your Zhapapa, whom he had envied.

It was the Shamash Dynasty that first unified Mesopotamia, because of its shallow foundation, so it could only coexist with the Sumerians in order to learn the achievements of the Sumerian civilization, and the current Akkadian Dynasty, whose civilization achievements came directly from the thousand-year-old Kish, is the essence of the Sumerians, and has the warriors of the Eastern Semitic tribe who are good at fighting, which can be said to be both civil and military.

In 2371 BC, Sargon became the Sumerian Lugar recognized by Nipur, the holy site of the Sumerian religion.

Sargon jumped to the top of his life three times in his life:

In 2375 BC, he became the rightful king of Kish, and if he had been king of Kish, the priests of the temple of Nipur would have been old from this age.

In 2374 BC, he gave up his position as king of Kish and established the kingdom of Akkad, a vassal state that was not part of the traditional Sumerian sphere of influence, and the priests themselves would not give him a date.

In 2371 BC, after the decisive battle, the kingdom of Akkadian became the Akkadian Empire, and they could be managed, so at this moment Sargon was crowned Lugar. So it is possible that the priesthood was counted from this year, and it was exactly 56 years by the time of Akkadian's death. That is, Sargon of the Akkadian Empire reigned for 56 years, the Akkadian kingdom reigned for three years, and the Kish kingdom reigned for one year. Actually in power for 60 years.

After the unification of the north and the south, Sargon continued to expand abroad. He conquered the Hulians in the region of Apaltu (the traditional Assyrian region including the city of Ashur) in Silesia in northern Mesopotamia, and the Hulians submitted to him but still held control of the region.

Sargon's westward advance first occupied Mari, which at this time belonged to the Second Dynasty of Ebla, destroying temples, palaces and other buildings.

Sargon then continued westward into the Taurus Mountains of Asia Minor and along the eastern shores of the Mediterranean Sea along the Lebanese Mountains, including Syria and Palestine, capturing the city of Ebla and reaching the Mediterranean coast. The Second Ebra Dynasty submitted to Sargon.

In 2363 BC, Sargon launched an expedition against Elamite and defeated the Elamite king Hishep Latab I, subjugating the cities of Awan and Susa. After this expedition, western Elamite became a dependency of the Kingdom of Akkad. However, the local dynasties, like Kish and your, maintained their authority, and the Akkadians controlled them only through military force and the king's officials.

Sargon established the first military empire in human history. He called himself the "King of the Four Corners of the World" and was also known as Sharukin ("King of Justice"). Salgon's daughter wrote a hymn in praise of her father: "The earth trembles with your roar." From then on, the empire established by Sargon became known as the Akkadian Empire, and the Eastern Semites in the valley of the two rivers at that time were called Akkadians.

Sargon led the army and carried out 34 victorious military expeditions. In addition to Sargon's outstanding organizational skills, he served as Kish's minister, and his familiarity with Kish's political, military, and economic conditions is also a factor, and the most important factor is that Kish itself is a strong country, and the strong national strength accumulated over the years is the real foundation of Salgon.

The conquest of the Sumerians by Sargon and his Semitic coalition was the third large-scale invasion of a settled agricultural civilization by nomads after the Aryan invasion of the Harappan civilization, and the first with accurate historical records. There was the Aryan invasion of the Harappan civilization and the invasion of the Sumerian civilization by the Shamash dynasty. Over the next 4,000 years, similar invasions occurred many times around the world, including most of China's history. A large part of ancient history is made up of these invasions.

The former Sumerian cities were almost completely destroyed, and the power of the old Sumerian aristocracy was dealt a heavy blow. The Sumerians were completely different from the Akkadians, and the Akkadians inevitably brought about a large reduction in the Sumerian population, which may be the reason why the Sumerians disappeared completely after a short period of time, and the yellow race was never seen in Mesopotamia again.

If the people make history, then the heroes change it. The second empire in Mesopotamia was historically supposed to have been created by the Sumerians, who were ahead of the Akkadians in every way, and Lugar Zag Si basically did.