Similarities Between Narmer And Sargon

Although Narmer and Sargon are from two completely different times they share some similarities. Narmer was the first Pharaoh of Egypt. Little is known about Narmer’s rein but we know for sure that he united upper and lower Egypt in 3150 BCE. Egypt at the time did not have a lot of cities and therefore political influence was spread thin. At first small villages were organized into regional groupings called nomes. These nomes eventually grew into larger units which become united under a single ruler.
Sargon on the other hand came on to the scene in the Akkadian Period. Sargon was by far the most successful Akkadian king. He conquered everything from lower Sumer to northern Syria to the Mediterranean. Sargon was the first ruler to establish