Dr. Paul Collins

And earlier on, a powerful ruler of Uruk called Lugalzagesi had gone out with his own armies and conquered neighboring city-states. So you end up with this picture of the alluvial plain divided between two great powers. Kish, or with Sargon in the north of the region, and then Lugalzagesi and his power base to the south, the old heartland of Sumer.

And earlier on, a powerful ruler of Uruk called Lugalzagesi had gone out with his own armies and conquered neighboring city-states. So you end up with this picture of the alluvial plain divided between two great powers. Kish, or with Sargon in the north of the region, and then Lugalzagesi and his power base to the south, the old heartland of Sumer.

And earlier on, a powerful ruler of Uruk called Lugalzagesi had gone out with his own armies and conquered neighboring city-states. So you end up with this picture of the alluvial plain divided between two great powers. Kish, or with Sargon in the north of the region, and then Lugalzagesi and his power base to the south, the old heartland of Sumer.

And it is when Sargon defeats Lugalzagesi that he can claim to be the supreme ruler over the entire alluvial plain. Und es ist die erste Zeit, politisch, dass die Region unifiziert ist.

And it is when Sargon defeats Lugalzagesi that he can claim to be the supreme ruler over the entire alluvial plain. Und es ist die erste Zeit, politisch, dass die Region unifiziert ist.

And it is when Sargon defeats Lugalzagesi that he can claim to be the supreme ruler over the entire alluvial plain. Und es ist die erste Zeit, politisch, dass die Region unifiziert ist.

There certainly have been lots of conflict. So city-states were often in conflict with each other. It battles over access to water, over access to trade routes, over access to farmland. So this was a common feature, it seems, as far as the evidence we have suggests. But no one had managed to conquer the entire region before.

There certainly have been lots of conflict. So city-states were often in conflict with each other. It battles over access to water, over access to trade routes, over access to farmland. So this was a common feature, it seems, as far as the evidence we have suggests. But no one had managed to conquer the entire region before.

There certainly have been lots of conflict. So city-states were often in conflict with each other. It battles over access to water, over access to trade routes, over access to farmland. So this was a common feature, it seems, as far as the evidence we have suggests. But no one had managed to conquer the entire region before.

So that vast plains across southern Mesopotamia brought together politically for the first time.

So that vast plains across southern Mesopotamia brought together politically for the first time.

So that vast plains across southern Mesopotamia brought together politically for the first time.

He doesn't stop there. That's what's remarkable, is that he marches both north up the river Euphrates to places like Mari and in moderner Zeit Syrien, ein weiterer großer Stadt, ein Verkaufszentrum, aber auch ein mächtiger politischer Zentrum. Und er marschiert nach Süden, in den Persischen Gulf, wo er, so sagt er uns, die Region von Elam in Südwest-Iran übernimmt.

He doesn't stop there. That's what's remarkable, is that he marches both north up the river Euphrates to places like Mari and in moderner Zeit Syrien, ein weiterer großer Stadt, ein Verkaufszentrum, aber auch ein mächtiger politischer Zentrum. Und er marschiert nach Süden, in den Persischen Gulf, wo er, so sagt er uns, die Region von Elam in Südwest-Iran übernimmt.

He doesn't stop there. That's what's remarkable, is that he marches both north up the river Euphrates to places like Mari and in moderner Zeit Syrien, ein weiterer großer Stadt, ein Verkaufszentrum, aber auch ein mächtiger politischer Zentrum. Und er marschiert nach Süden, in den Persischen Gulf, wo er, so sagt er uns, die Region von Elam in Südwest-Iran übernimmt.

Wiederum ein sehr mächtiger Staat, reiches Zugang zu Metallen und Steinen. How far his claims to conquest actually were, we of course don't know. And it may well be that his armies are simply controlling the trade routes and access to them. But nonetheless, he becomes immensely wealthy and his power reaches right the way across much of the Middle East.

Wiederum ein sehr mächtiger Staat, reiches Zugang zu Metallen und Steinen. How far his claims to conquest actually were, we of course don't know. And it may well be that his armies are simply controlling the trade routes and access to them. But nonetheless, he becomes immensely wealthy and his power reaches right the way across much of the Middle East.

Wiederum ein sehr mächtiger Staat, reiches Zugang zu Metallen und Steinen. How far his claims to conquest actually were, we of course don't know. And it may well be that his armies are simply controlling the trade routes and access to them. But nonetheless, he becomes immensely wealthy and his power reaches right the way across much of the Middle East.

Das ist eine Vision des Königreiches, die sich später in den Erkenntnissen in Mesopotamien erinnert. Sie sahen Sargon als diesen großen konkurrierenden Helden erzeugen. Whether he was as powerful as later stories tell us is unclear, but certainly his inscriptions point to widespread conquests, but also widespread rebellions that followed.

Das ist eine Vision des Königreiches, die sich später in den Erkenntnissen in Mesopotamien erinnert. Sie sahen Sargon als diesen großen konkurrierenden Helden erzeugen. Whether he was as powerful as later stories tell us is unclear, but certainly his inscriptions point to widespread conquests, but also widespread rebellions that followed.