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Sumer Conflict - Cole Coupland

Sumer had many conflicts within their empire and other empires such as Assyria.The almost constant wars among the Sumerian city-states for 2000 years helped to develop the military technology and techniques of Sumer to a high level. The first war recorded was between Lagash and Umma in ca. 2525 BC on a stele called the //Stele of Vultures//. It shows the king of Lagash leading a Sumerian army consisting mostly infantry. After about 2,350 individual city-states rose to dominate the region. An age of empires began. Sargon the ruler of Akkad (2340-2284 BC) created the world's first empire. However his empire was short lived. It broke down after the death of his grandson Naramsin (2259-2223 BC). The city-state of Ur then created another short lived empire.Finally Hammurabi king of Babylon (1792-1750 BC) conquered the rest of Mesopotamia and created yet another empire.