Appendices: I. Recent explorations in Turkestan in their relation to the Sumerian problem. II. A chronological list of the kings and rulers of Sumer and Akkad.
Founder of the world's first empire, Sargon of Akkad upheld order and justice. (Dea Picture Library/De Agostini/Getty) HIS NAME MEANT "true king," and Sargon of Akkad (unknown--2279 B.C.) took ...