2.  Sumer city-states weakened each other by
fighting over (1) LAND AND WATER.
 In 2300BC, Sumer was conquered by (2) KING
SARGON of Akkad.
 Sargon actually (3) UNITED the city-states
and improved its government and military.
 Sumer remained under Akkadian control for
nearly (4) 200 years.

3.  King Sargon was a great military general.
 He taught soldiers how to fight in (5)
FORMATIONS.
 Soldiers with shields would be in front with a
layer of soldiers with spears behind them.
 Sargon controlled all of Mesopotamia!
 He destroyed the (6) CITY-STATE WALLS and
put loyal Akkadian governers in charge of the
city-states.

5.  Sargon ruled for (7) 56 YEARS before he died.
 He had created the world’s (8) FIRST EMPIRE.
 The capital city was (9) AGADE, located in
northern Mesopotamia.
 Agade was a center of culture with beautiful
temples and palaces.
 At the time, it was the richest and most
powerful city in the world.

6.  The Akkadians ruled
Sumer but Sumerian
culture lived on!
 The Akkadians used
Sumer’s(10) IRRIGATION
SYSTEM.
 The Akkadians wrote in
(11) CUNEIFORM.
 The Akkadians even
worshipped the Sumerian
(12) GODS (but they used
different names.)

7.  The Akkadians had their
own culture too.
 They created 3D
sculptures called (13)
STELES.
 Most famous stele is the
Victory Stele.
 The Victory Stele was
created to celebrate a
military victory of King
Sargon’s grandson, (14)
KING NARAM-SIN.

9.  Due to the Akkadian Empire’s size, it was very
hard to control.
 After 200 years of rule, the Akkadian Empire
fell apart (15) IN 2100 BC
 Sumer returned to a city-state system but
was (16) MUCH WEAKER AND LESS
CREATIVE.
 Sumer existed until (17) 1800BC when it was
conquered for good.