• Feb. 20, 2008
The Ancient Ruler Sargon

One story about Sargon is that he was found in a basket in the Euphrates River by a servant of the king of Kish. (Sargon's life sounds very much like Moses, who was found in a basket in the Nile River by the daughter of pharoah). Sargon was trusted to be the cupbearer for the king of Kish. Except that Sargon was not trustworthy. He got the army to kill the king and then rose to power through the military. He had a military dictatorship and conquered all of the cities in Mesopotamia. He had his army stationed in each city so they would follow his laws. Sargon united Mesopotamia through force. This still happens today in other parts of the world.

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• Feb. 21, 2008
More about Sargon

Posted by zjs2cool

I think that the king should not have trusted Sargon as his cupbearer because Sargon could have poisoned the king. Sargon started to become really friendly with the military and he fought in 50 wars to conquer Mesopotamia.

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