Akkadian Empire
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Was an empire in Mesopotamia centered in Akkad. It united Akkadian and Sumerian speakers into one polity.
Establishment
January 2333 BC: Sargon was a usurper who seized power in the city of Kish after a coup around 2334 BC and started the Akkadian Empire.
January 2333 BC: Sargon of Akkad defeated and captured Lugal-zage-si of Umma (who was King of Sumer) in the Battle of Uruk and conquered his empire.
Chronology
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The military campaign of Sargon of Akkad resulted in the conquest of most of the Sumerian polities. Sargon's state is sometimes identified as the first empire in recorded history.
January 2299 BC: Sargon of Akkad, defeated the Elamite King Luh-ishan and subjected Susa.
January 2299 BC: Erbil was conquered by the Akkadian Empire.
January 2299 BC: At about 2300 BC, Assur was conquered by Sargon of Akkad.
January 2289 BC: A decade after Ebla's destruction (c. 2300 BC middle chronology), Mari was destroyed and burned by Sargon of Akkad during his conquests.
January 2278 BC: Sargon of Akkad subjugated the Northern Mesopotamian region after he destroyed Mari.
Was the invasion of Elam by Sargon, King of the Akkadian Empire.
January 2269 BC: Akkadian King Sargon invaded Elam before 2270 BC.
February 2269 BC: The Awan King of Elam revolted against Akkad.
Was a military campaign of Naram-Sin of Akkad, ruler of the Akkadian Empire.
January 2229 BC: Akkadian invasion of the Lullubi Kingdom. Victory Stele of Naram-Sin depicts Akkadian King Naram-Sin's triumph over Satuni, chief of Lullubi in the Zagros Mountains.
February 2229 BC: Akkadian invasion of the Lullubi Kingdom. Victory Stele of Naram-Sin depicts Akkadian King Naram-Sin's triumph over Satuni, chief of Lullubi in the Zagros Mountains.
February 2299 BC: The Awan King of Elam revolted against Akkad.
January 2217 BC: The Akkadians under Sargon of Akkad and his descendant Naram-Sin invaded the northern borders of Ebla.
Disestablishment
January 2198 BC: The Akkadian Empire disintegrated during Shar-Kali-Sharri's reign, and Mari gained its independence.
January 2198 BC: After the fall of the Akkadian Empire, Lagash again thrived under its independent kings.
January 2198 BC: Under the weak reigns of Akkadian King Naram-Sin's successors, the Gutei took advantage of the dynastic struggles, defeated the Akkadian army and destroyed the capital Agade, taking possession of northern Mesopotamia.
January 2198 BC: The Elamites sacked Ur and occupied the region militarly for the next 20 years.
January 2198 BC: After the fall of the Akkadian Empire, Kish became the capital of a small independent kingdom.
Selected Sources
Astour, Michael C. (2002). "A Reconstruction of the History of Ebla (Part 2)". In Gordon, Cyrus Herzl; Rendsburg, Gary (eds.). Eblaitica: Essays on the Ebla Archives and Eblaite Language. Vol. 4. Eisenbrauns. ISBN 978-1-57506-060-6. p. 79
Bauer, Susan Wise (2007). The History of the Ancient World: From the Earliest Accounts to the Fall of Rome. W. W. Norton & Company.
Edwards, I.E.S. / Gadd, C.J. / Hammond, N.G.L. (2008): The Cambridge Ancient History, 3rd ed., Vol. I, Part 2, Cambridge University Press, p. 104-144
Frayne, Douglas. Sargonic and Gutian Periods. p. 22.
Frederick C. Mish (Hrsg.): Akkad. In: Webster’s Ninth New Collegiate Dictionary. 9. Auflage. Merriam-Webster, Springfield 1985
Kopanias, K. / MacGinnis, J. (2013): The Archaeology of the Kurdistan Region of Iraq and Adjacent Regions, Archaeopress Publishing Ltd, p.1
Middleton, John (2015). World Monarchies and Dynasties. Routledge. p. 79
Victory Stele of Naram-Sin
