CIVILIZATION
AKKADIAN
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Kish had stolen things from Ur
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Hammurabi died and many people were attacking them
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Ashurbanipal spent all of the money building a library
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Umma and Lagash were fighting so the city-states and their ally’s were weakened
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Detailed explanation-1: -The Akkadians In 2334 BCE, Sargon of Akkad launched a series of conquests from his city on the Euphrates River. The empire he conquered extended from the Persian Gulf, up the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers as far as Anatolia (modern Turkey). To support his wars, Sargon created the world’s first permanent army.
Detailed explanation-2: -Sargon led the Akkadians to conquer the Sumerian city-states around 2300 B.C.E.
Detailed explanation-3: -What did the Akkadians use to gain power over Sumer? They used their military strength. How did the Akkadians get the resources to build up their capital city? They collected tributes and taxes.
Detailed explanation-4: -Around 2300 BC Sargon the Great rose to power. He established his own city named Akkad. When the powerful Sumerian city of Uruk attacked his city, he fought back and eventually conquered Uruk. He then went on to conquer all of the Sumerian city-states and united northern and southern Mesopotamia under a single ruler.