Samantha And Kendyl News Times
By: Samantha Lucsky and Kendyl Hippen
Sargon, The Akkadian Empire
Today is in the year 2215 B.C. Sadly, today, Sargon has passed away. This news article's theme is devoted to Sargon, and his amazing accomplishments.
Sargon's Biography
Sargon was an amazing Emperor that had many accomplishments. He also got married to a beautiful woman, her name is Tashlultum. Tashlultum was a very kind woman to Sargon. Later they had a baby boy. Sargon decided to name him Rimush.
Sargon's Achievements
Sargon has a various amount of achievements. One of the kind of achievements Sargon had were Political. Another kind was Military and Cultural achievements. All of these will be explained below with what Sargon has done to have each of these achievements.
Political
First we will review his Political Achievements. First, Sargon, a young king, fought against many other kings to earn the right of being the worlds FIRST Emperor. Not only that, but, he was the Emperor of all of the Euphrates River.
Military
Later, Sargon's army grew bigger, making it easier to conquer more land and win more battles. After his army grew so big that he was brave enough to go to other rulers kingdoms and destroy the walls of their kingdoms.
Cultural
Sargon's first Cultural Achievement was to help create a Written Language!
Sargon also updated Sumerian Culture and made better Irrigation Systems, updated Cuneiform, and religion.
Economic
Sargon made smart political strategies to keep control of his cities/empire. Sargon is a skilled general, so he assembled a large army used the phalanx formation (wall of shields with spears. Lastly, he made governors of city-states his loyal men.