CIVILIZATION
AKKADIAN
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Question
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in lines
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in wagons
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on horses
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in tight formations
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Detailed explanation-1: -Sargon made improvements to this existing military system. He had the Akkadian army employ a phalanx six men deep, armed with pikes and axes, with the front rank carrying large, rectangular shields. He had the infantry trained to fight in a looser formation in rough or broken terrain.
Detailed explanation-2: -Using Lugal-zage-si’s military might and Sargon’s knowledge as a former advisor to Ur-Zababa, the two of them were able to overthrow their mutual enemy and conquer the city of Kish.
Detailed explanation-3: -Sargon, a king from Kish, seized the lower portion of Sumer through a series of wars. He conquered one city-state after another to form a new region called Akkad. Sargon became king of Akkad and systematically brought every city-state within his newly conquered territory under one empire.
Detailed explanation-4: -Cuneiform records indicate that in his 50-year reign, he fought no fewer than 34 wars. One account suggests that his core military force numbered 5, 400 men; if that account is accurate, then Sargon’s standing army at full mobilization would have constituted the largest army of the time by far.