
Vol 2 Ep 2 - The Akkadian Empire ( Sargon of Akkad )
History of the World podcast
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Sagon's Conquest of Sumeria
Details of sagon's life and reign are understandably sketchy. Most king lists tell us that he reigned over a cad for ound 55 years, from around the late 20 fourth century b c e. It is claimed that he actually founded the city of akad - which has never been discovered. He would have spoken a different language, the language spoken in kish, which would come to be regarded as acadian. The acadians obviously appreciated the way in which sumerians recorded things with cuniform writing, so decided to use it themselves to record their own acadian language too. So this means that modern scholars who can decipher cuniform and translate the languages written,
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