Sargon: Conqueror of Sumer
The first civilization was Sumer, a city-state in Mesopotamia. Sumer was located in Southwest Asia, where it lay between the Euphrates and Tigris Rivers. Attracting many other people from later civilizations, it also became the first to be conquered. Coming from the north, the Akkadians took control of Sumer. They had better weapons, and a well trained army (Back then, a strong army was all you needed to succeed). Sargon, the Akkadian ruler, became the world's first emperor as he conquered Sumer. Sargon had conquered a great land, extending from the Mediterranean Sea to the Black Sea. In the process of traveling to the Asia Minor and southeast Arabia, he spread the military and cultural wisdom of Sumeria. Then,
The first civilization was Sumer, a city-state in Mesopotamia. Sumer was located in Southwest Asia, where it lay between the Euphrates and Tigris Rivers. Attracting many other people from later civilizations, it also became the first to be conquered. Coming from the north, the Akkadians took control of Sumer. They had better weapons, and a well trained army (Back then, a strong army was all you needed to succeed). Sargon, the Akkadian ruler, became the world's first emperor as he conquered Sumer. Sargon had conquered a great land, extending from the Mediterranean Sea to the Black Sea. In the process of traveling to the Asia Minor and southeast Arabia, he spread the military and cultural wisdom of Sumeria. Then,