Episode A5 - The Cupbearer

About this episode

This episode discusses Sargon of Akkad and the formation of the world's first empire.

Synopsis: Sargon of Akkad forges the world’s first Empire. “After Enlil’s baleful glare Had slain Kish like the Bull of Heaven, Had slaughtered house and land of Uruk in the dust, like that monster bull, And Enlil had then and there given Sargon, king of Agade, Lordship of Uruk, kingship of Kish, From the lowlands to the upper regions, Then did holy Inanna busy herself to build Agade, the temple city, as her sublime dwelling, In Ulmash let her throne be set.” – The curse of Agade Map of SW Eurasia: https://audio.ancientworldpodcast.com/A5_Map.png Map of the Akkadian Empire (by Simeon Netchev, World History Encyclopedia): https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/15457.png?v=1748640186-0 Episode Images: https://www.flickr.com/photos/75506172@N07/albums/72177720326959608/ References and Further Reading: https://audio.ancientworldpodcast.com/A5_References.pdf Please contact advertising@airwavemedia.com if you would like to advertise on this podcast. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

People in this episode

Host: Scott C.

Topics covered

• Akkadian Empire
• Sargon of Akkad
• Ancient Mesopotamia
• Enlil
• Inanna
• Empire formation

Keywords

• Sargon of Akkad
• Akkadian Empire
• Enlil
• Inanna
• Uruk
• Kish
• Ancient Mesopotamia

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: World History Encyclopedia

Places: Agade, Uruk, Kish, Ulmash

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