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Jiang groups Sumerians, Akkadians, Assyrians, and Babylonians under Mesopotamia because later Assyrian and Babylonian worlds saw themselves as heirs to Sumerian civilization and shared a common mythology.
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Akkad
A source-grounded reading of Jiang's claim that Jewish identity is not treated here as simple continuity from ancient Israel, but as a Persian imperial construction: a Bible-shaped, temple-centered, purity-bound people made to stabilize and...
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He uses Akkad as a second example: the Akkadians adopted Sumerian city-state innovations, conquered Sumer, and established what he calls the first great world empire under Sargon.
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"For most of its history, it's very different. For most of its history, Egypt was unified as an empire. It was very stable. But..."
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"And the Akkadians, under Sargon of Akkad, or Sargon the Great, united these city -states and gave us the idea of Sumerian civilization. After..."
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"I'm sure you know who he is, but you may not know he was Macedonian. Who's the most famous Greek you've heard of? Yeah,..."
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"...a threat, and so they invite mercenaries from a place called Akkad to come and help them. Okay? And this leads us to the..."
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"...thousands of years, they will fight each other until Sargon of Akkad unifies this region, okay? Sumer is impressive. They're known for their canals...."
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"...will find that it's a very similar story. So, Sargon of Akkad who founded the Akkadian Empire Romulus and Remus who founded Rome King..."
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"...for King David of Israel. This is true for Sargon of Akkad."
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"...also used this strategy, Sargon the Great. Sargon, the second of Akkad, okay?"
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"...human history, and I'll list four right now, okay? Sargon of Akkad, Philip of Macedon, Julius Caesar, and Genghis Khan, you will see they..."
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"...trust the most. So what does it mean for Sargon of Akkad to be a cupbearer? Well, it probably means that they were lovers...."
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"...Okay? This creates an opportunity for another warlord named Sargon of Akkad. And Sargon of Akkad is to determine to destroy Lugazagesi and restore..."
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"...is favored by the gods. And by doing this, Sargon of Akkad unifies all of Mesopotamia and he creates the first world empire called..."
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