Sargon of Akkad

of it is Hourmazd and drug is bad. Asa and drug are abstract ideas that have been made into Gods. Avesta is the holy book of Zoroastrianism. 1200-1500 BCE Brief Identification: Sargon of Akkad: he was the first multi-ethnic conquer. He conquered lots of land, he planned on standardizing weights and measures. Akkad was a language. Khufu: his goal was to be remember so he built a large pyramid, it looked like one of the biggest ever because he built it on an elevated surface. Hammurabi:…

result, civilizations of Sumer, Akkad, Assyria and Babylon were emerged in Mesopotamia. The world’s first cities were built by the Sumerians and later developed to city-states as population grew. Rulers of city-states later became kings of their realms and their ambitions of occupying more control of the land raised more conflicts between cities and resulted in wars. Eventually, Sargon of Akkad conquest other cities and created the first empire in Mesopotamia. King Sargon successfully…

Section A: Question 1 Enheduanna was the daughter of Sargon of Akkad. As a high priestess at the temple of Ur, she wrote a hymn of praise to Ishtar, or Inanna in Sumerian, the goddess of love and war. Enheduanna wrote a hymn about the Sumerian goddess Inanna because of the similarities between her and the Akkadian goddess, Ishtar. Although the Sumerians and the Akkadians were two separate cultures, they both worshipped a goddess of love and war. These similarities between the two goddesses…

then your prayer will be granted, and you will be in harmony with god” (Akkadian Father, 1). The chronicle of Sargon, king of Agade or Akkad, acknowledges the power that the gods were capable of transferring to faithful subjects who were deemed deserving of such monumental authority. The account of Sargon’s reign is essentially a rags-to-riches narrative. The goddess Ishtar blesses Sargon and, consequently, he…

king Gilgamesh remained hidden for a while until it was rediscovered in 1853. It is a large compilation of early heroic tales that was collected and made one around 2000 BC by an unknown Babylonian scribe. It was found written on clay tablets in Akkad. The fullest version of Gilgamesh was said to be about three thousand lines, written on eleven tablets, with a twelfth tablet added later as some sort of appendix. Gilgamesh, the king of Uruk which the epic was written about, reigned somewhere…

Throughout the depths of the world’s artistic history, there have been many constants and many outliers. In the past few millennia, one of the former has always been the discovery of sculptural severed heads. Whether they be cast in bronze, carved from marble or stone, or formed from rare precious metals and gems, much of the culture and events can be derived from these findings, many of which were a-‘head’ of their time. The first piece to be highlighted is, uncoincidentally, also the first…

The Exodus story is an important foundational idea, however, its historicity is questionable. The Exodus from Egypt is not attested in sources outside the bible, there’s no historical record to corroborate, and the Exodus story has what Collins calls, “legendary,” and “folkloristic,” elements, in addition to being a compiled, multi-source, narrative. Although, there are aspects present which might support the Exodus such as the presence of Semitic Slaves in Egypt, “local color” within the story,…

How did we come to such divisiveness that, most of Americans are picking sides between two different politically extreme groups? Why did the Battle for Berkley and Kekistan exist? The main reason for the political insanity started with two internet boards. Now, there are other ways to frame the causes of today’s political turmoil. However, this tale is an online messaging board called 4chan and the antithesis of 4chan called Tumblr. We will delve into the magical world called the Internet to…

The Hammurabi's Code and the Roman's Twelve Tables were two of the most persuasive law codes in ancient history. King Hammurabi brought together the city-states of Sumeria with his law code that was first displayed in 1755 B.C.E. Despite the fact that Hammurabi’s code was not the first known law code, it was the earliest one to survive largely intact. In the Roman Republic, a law code well-known as the Twelve Tables were created by a panel of ten men to appease the plebeians or the…

Although both Egypt and Mesopotamia developed at the same time, environment and natural forces affected differences in political systems, religion, and social stability. The rise of civilizations in Egypt and Mesopotamia occurred about the same time and both civilizations grew along mighty rivers. There were many similarities but many differences as well. In each case, it was the river valley and geography that dictated outcomes affecting agricultural prosperity, religious formation, and…