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Sargon of Akkad and the World's First Empire
Tides of History
The Importance of Public Royal Inscriptions
Royal inscriptions are our most revealing source for understanding how acadian rulers wanted to be seen. Being king of a kod wasn't the same thing as being the king of ur or uruk, just on a blown up scale. Sargon's inscription presents him as one favored and deputized by the gods ishtar anu and enli foremost among them.
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