From riverbank whispers to an empire’s roar, one name hardens in clay: Sargon.
Born to obscurity, trained in toil, he rises from cupbearer at Kish.
City-states feud; temple and palace compete; opportunity cracks the wall.
Sargon strikes, fells Lugalzagesi, and binds Sumer with Akkad.
Akkad becomes the axis; roads, tribute, and soldiers follow.
Seals impress, tablets decree—power pressed into clay.
Sargon—founder of Mesopotamia’s first known empire.