Compare And Contrast Sargon The Great And Egyptian Empires

Throughout the course of human civilization many empires have risen and fallen, however the empires of Sargon the Great, the Assyrian’s, and the Persian’s have left their legacy due to their innovativeness and creativity. For example, Sargon the Great created the notion of appointing governors in conquered territories. Also the Persian’s adopted one single language (Aramaic) to help innovate their road systems, postal services, and trades. These are just some of the many tools these empires used to grow in size and conquer vast lands. First of all the empire of Sargon the Great started various trends that would soon be taken up by many future empires yet to come. A major characteristic of Sargon the Great’s empire was his advanced ideas in a non-advanced era. For instance: “Establishing a pattern that future despotic rulers would emulate, Sargon stationed garrisons in conquered lands”(Perry,10) this can depict that Sargon thought ahead of his time in militaristic campaigns. Also another thing Sargon was known for was his large army which was ready to stop any rebellions before the could even become a concern. Another thing that Sargon used to aid his empire was by adopting the Sumerian’s
This empire consisted of Semitic people from the upper Tigris River who were famous for strategically planned military campaigns and siege weapons such as: “battering rams but on massive wheeled frames—which pulverized city walls”(Perry,23). This highly sophisticated empire was keen on having their soldiers better dressed and suited both as armor and weapons on the battlefield. From pillaging Babylonia, Syria, and Egypt the kings of Assyria believed their gods helped them out in every single military campaign. One crucial aspect to the Assyrians were their success; which could be explained from how the kings ruled absolutely and would collect tributes to build roads, messenger services, and