Naram-Sin of Akkad
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Oct 17, 2026
Heather M. ByeNARRATOR
Ami-Satana, a king of the first dynasty of Babylon, about 2200 BC, calls himself king of the country of the Amorites, and the Tell el-Amarna tablets have revealed to us how deep and long-lasting Babylonian influence must have been throughout Western Asia.
Heather M. ByeNARRATOR
Moreover, the vase described by Professor Maspero in the present work proves that the expedition of Naram-Sin against Magan was an historical reality, and such an expedition was only possible if the land of the Amorites, the Syria and Palestine of later days, had been secured in the rear.
Heather M. ByeNARRATOR
But what chiefly led me to the belief that the annals are a document contemporaneous with the events narrated in them are two facts which do not seem to have been sufficiently considered.
Heather M. ByeNARRATOR
On the one side, while the annals of Sargon are given in full, those of his son Naram-Sin break off abruptly in the early part of his reign.
Heather M. ByeNARRATOR
I see no explanation of this, except that they were composed while Naram-Sin was still on the throne.
Heather M. ByeNARRATOR
On the other side, the campaigns of the two monarchs are coupled with the astrological phenomenon on which the success of the campaigns was supposed to depend.
Heather M. ByeNARRATOR
We know that the Babylonians were given to the practice and study of astrology from the earliest days of their history.
Heather M. ByeNARRATOR
At a subsequent period the sign and the event were separated from one another in literature, and had the annals of Sargon been a later compilation, in their case also the separation would assuredly have been made.
Eckart FrahmGUEST
I mean, there were f- earlier states and kingdoms in the ancient Near East that also might have a claim to being the first, uh, empire.
Eckart FrahmGUEST
The most important perhaps being the, uh, kingdom of Agade in the period between 2350 and 2200 BCE or so, with kings like Sargon of Akkad and, and Naram-Sin.
Eckart FrahmGUEST
My Yale colleague, Glenn Foster, actually wrote a book about this kingdom and who claims that that was, in fact, the first empire.
Eckart FrahmGUEST
And it's not that I have absolutely clear reasons to say no.
Heather M. ByeNARRATOR
Ami-Satana, a king of the first dynasty of Babylon, about 2200 B.C., calls himself king of the country of the Amorites, and the Tel-El-Amarna tablets have revealed to us how deep and long-lasting Babylonian influence must have been throughout Western Asia.
Heather M. ByeNARRATOR
Moreover, the vase described by Professor Maspero in the present work proves that the expedition of Naram-Sin against Magan was an historical reality, and such an expedition was only possible if the land of the Amorites, the Syria and Palestine of later days, had been secured in the rear.
Heather M. ByeNARRATOR
But what chiefly led me to the belief that the annals are a document contemporaneous with the events narrated in them are two facts which do not seem to have been sufficiently considered.
Heather M. ByeNARRATOR
On the one side, while the annals of Sargon are given in full, those of his son Naram-Sin break off abruptly in the early part of his reign.
Heather M. ByeNARRATOR
I see no explanation of this, except that they were composed while Naram-Sin was still on the throne.
Heather M. ByeNARRATOR
On the other side, the campaigns of the two monarchs are coupled with the astrological phenomenon on which the success of the campaigns was supposed to depend.
Heather M. ByeNARRATOR
We know that the Babylonians were given to the practice and study of astrology from the earliest days of their history.
Heather M. ByeNARRATOR
It may be added that Babylonian sea cylinders have been found in Cyprus, one of which is of the age of Sargon of Akkad.
Simon WhistlerHOST
His reign lasted less than a decade, and presumably he had no viable heirs upon his death because Rimush was succeeded by his brother, another son of Sargon named Manashtutsu.
Simon WhistlerHOST
He was followed by his own son, Naram-Sin, who gave himself the title of King of the Four Quarters of the Earth and brought the Akkadian Empire to the peak of its power.
Simon WhistlerHOST
But after the peak, of course, there is nowhere to go but down, and the death of Naram-Sin marked the beginning of the downfall of the Akkadian Empire.
Simon WhistlerHOST
Eventually, the dynasty was toppled by the Guti or Gutians, a group of tribes that descended from the Zagros mountains upon the fertile fields provided by the Tigris and Euphrates.
Simon WhistlerHOST
They started with frequent raids and other hit-and-run tactics that not only crippled the Akkadian Empire, but did not provide it enough time to respond.
BetsyHOST
From the texts found and referred,
speaker_1NARRATOR
we know he rebuilt Ikir, the magnificent temple of Enlil, and many of the bricks which formed his temple platform and that of Naram-Sin
BetsyHOST
had been found in place.
BetsyHOST
The mace head from Abu Haba is a sign that,
BetsyHOST
intended.
BetsyHOST
Thus, a sealed bundle from the Grand Vizier was addressed to Allah that from Dada the magician to Lughal Ushamgal, whose name occurs in the seal on other fragments.
BetsyHOST
While one cent in Naram-Sin's reign appears to have been addressed to Lagash, showing the packet's place of destination.
BetsyHOST
Apart from the fact that, except Lughal Ushamgal, the high court officials mentioned on the seals would naturally live in Akkad, not in Lagash, the addresses on the different fragments, particularly the one last referred to, prove
Gary MannersHOST
In Mesopotamia, reliefs from the Akkadian period onward show rulers planting a foot on defeated rivals.
Gary MannersHOST
On the stele of Naram-Sin the king stands over corpses wearing a horned crown.
Gary MannersHOST
In the Babylonian creation poem Enuma Elis, the god Marduk vows to tread on the neck of Tiamat, the embodiment of chaos.
Gary MannersHOST
Egypt pushed the idea further.
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