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At that time, the army was generally not more than 1,000 people in large states, and because of the elite route, it was necessary to be from a noble background to join the army, and because it was a nobleman, it was well paid, but on the contrary, because of the good treatment, the number of soldiers could not be greatly expanded, and the two were cause and effect of each other and influenced each other.

Because the army was all noble, he could not gain the trust of Sargon, so he decided to abandon the question of birth and open the army to the whole people, which can be said to be the first of its kind, when the old nobles were opposed, but Sargon's mind was already decided. You must know that although the successive kings of Kish and many of their generals were from Eastern Semites, they did not dare to arouse the anger of the Sumerians and introduce the Eastern Semites into the Sumerian army in large numbers.

Because they were Eastern Semites, the East Semites, who could only do cheap labor in the city, came to vote, but the Sumerians were more prosperous and generally did not want to join the army. Coupled with the fact that some nobles secretly proclaimed their evil intentions, the Sumerians rarely entered the army.

Although the level of remuneration dropped sharply due to the expansion of the troops, it was simply heaven for the original Sumerian soldiers and for the Eastern Semites. The East Semites took part in the process, and within a few days they recruited four or five thousand strong soldiers, imposed strict "arms control" in the city, and established the second standing army in the history of Western Asia (the first was Abla in Syria), an army of 5,400 elite soldiers under his command, who ate in front of him every day. This was a major move at the time, and it was his basic force in the future to unify the two river basins.

At this time, the Sumerian city-states fought against each other in order to compete for supremacy, which greatly weakened the power of the Sumerians.

After having an army, Sargon realized that only the army was his foundation, and the city of Kish was full of nobles who had bad intentions towards him, which was not a good place to base, and the composition of the army was mostly Eastern Semites, and the surrounding city-states had expressed strong dissatisfaction with Kish's actions, especially Kish's sworn enemy Uruk, and the current leader of the alliance, Lugar Zag Si, was very concerned about this. So Sargon decided to leave the Sumerian region and bring his army to the Akkadian region, where the Eastern Semites would surely welcome him.

In 2374 BC, before leaving, Sargon sent troops to sweep away the property of the old nobles in Kish who had bad intentions towards him, and swept away the treasury wealth accumulated by Kish over the years, leaving Kish with his Eastern Semitic army and returning to Akkadian, one of the East Semitic settlements. He was accompanied by a large number of Eastern Semites who supported him.

"Uruk was defeated, and royal power was transferred to Akkad. ”

The city of Akkadian built by the Semites, some sources believe that it is the same place as the city of Babylon, and some even say that Baghdad is also the same place, the author was also confused at first, looked through a lot of information, and finally drew a rough map by hand, and found that the three places were completely different and far apart.

Of the three cities, Baghdad is the northernmost and is located at the junction of the Tigris and Diyala rivers. The closest to Baghdad is Akshaq, which is separated by the Tigris River to the southwest of Baghdad. The city of Akkadian is southwest of Akshak, southeast of Sibal, near the Euphrates River. Babylon is located near the central latitude of the Akkadian region, but on the east bank of the Euphrates River, which is far from both Baghdad and Nipur.

The city of Akkadian was founded by the East Semites during the reign of Shamash in Mesopotamia.

Sargon drove out the Sumerian Ensi and was warmly embraced by the Semites of the city of Akkad. So Sargon took the city of Akkad as his capital and founded the Akkad dynasty. Later, because of its glory, the East Semites were collectively referred to as the Akkadians, and the area south of Baghdad and north of Nipur was called the Akkadian region. At first, I also wanted to call them Akkadians, but I can't define the situation of the Assyrians after that, because the Assyrian kingdom was founded by the descendants of Sargon, and there were no Akkadians in the previous Shamash period.

Sargon was satisfied with his title of King of Kish, but he had already left the city of Kish, so he added a name to his capital, Akkad (Kish), so that the status of the original Kish city in the south was more awkward, and the people took a new name called Lagash or Lagash. But this is all a reference within the Semites, and the Sumerians have the same name for it.

Sargon's approach caused strong resentment from the Sumerian city-state alliance such as Uruk.

The Coalition demanded that Sargon return the wealth of the plundered city of Kish. But these riches have actually made Sargon's power greatly increased, and even in the future, Sargon was able to unify the entire two river basins, Kish's wealth is the most important resource, how can it be given with both hands, but Sargon has to make a false deal with the snake in order to avoid causing public indignation, and the two sides have launched marathon negotiations.

During the three years of the negotiations, Sargon actively trained the army and liaised with the Eastern Semitic ministries.

During the previous Shamash Dynasty, the Eastern Semites were a unified whole, but after the decline of the Shamash Dynasty, the Eastern Semites were divided and roughly divided into two parts, one large part was broken up by the Sumerians, and engaged in more menial jobs among the Sumerians, of course, later life gradually improved, and some people climbed to a high position like the situation in Kish City, and even became kings, which belonged to the development of the system, and Sargon represented this part of the people. A small group of tribal confederations roamed the city outside of Silesia, avoiding the Sumerian mandate in Ensi, but this was the backbone of the Semites, and their strength was not to be underestimated, but there was no wise leader to lead them. Its rulers, Ishaku, tended to be conservative with older elders as the Grand Elders.

Sargon took a fancy to their strength, and personally went to Silesia with a heavy gift to visit the Grand Elder Ishakuberu, and in the conversation he revealed his desire to look down on the world, which greatly satisfied Beru, and he called a council of elders to explain the situation to the elders, emphasizing that Sargon has a great deal of wealth brought by Kish, and with our invincible cavalry, no one is our combined enemy. The Council of Elders unified the views of the tribal confederation.

In 2372 BC, Beru offered to pass on his position to Sargon as an older man, and Sargon became the true leader of the Eastern Semitic tribes.