Sargon of Akkad
Mesopotamian · mortal · akkadian empire · Recorded classification
Mortal founder of the Akkadian Empire (~2334-2284 BCE). The canonical-first multi-city-state empire in human history; the canonical Mesopotamian imperial-administrative template (provincial governors, standardized weights and measures, standing army, royal-scribal-school institutions) that persisted through Babylon and Assyria. The Sargon Birth Legend's reed-basket-on-the-Euphrates narrative paralleled the later Moses Exodus 2:1-10 narrative by ~1500 years. Father of Enheduanna (world's first named author), Rimush, and Manishtushu (father of Naram-Sin).
Children
Powers
- kingship conferral
- imperial administration
Relations
- father of: EnheduannaDisk of Enheduanna (UPenn CBS 16665); Enheduanna Sumerian Temple Hymns colophon (primary)
- father of: RimushRimush royal inscriptions; Sumerian King List (primary)
- father of: ManishtushuManishtushu royal inscriptions; Cruciform Monument (primary)
Sources
- existence: Sargon royal inscriptions (Frayne, RIME 2) (primary); Sumerian King List (Old Babylonian recension; ETCSL 2.1.1, Akkad dynasty) (primary); Sargon Birth Legend (Neo-Assyrian, 7th c. BCE) (primary); Cruciform Monument of Manishtushu (preserves Sargonic copies) (primary); Year-name lists from the Akkadian period (primary)