The Fall of the Sumerians

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The Fall of the Sumerians
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1. Sumerians

• 2400 BC Conquerors moved into Mesopotamia

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Sumerians (continued)

• Sargon I came from the north and began conquering
  city-states one by one
• United the city-states into the worlds first
  empire

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Sumerians (continued)

• Akkadian became the common language, but it was
  written in Cuneiform

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Sumerians (continued)

• Continued to worship Sumerian gods

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Sumerians (continued)

• Sargon continued to rule for 50 years before his
  death
• The Sumerians continued to decline