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Images of Sargon were erected on the shores of the Mediterranean, in token of his victories, and cities and palaces were built at home with the spoils of the conquered lands.

Elam and the northern part of Mesopotamia ( Subartu ) were also subjugated, and rebellions in Sumer were put down.

Contract tablets have been found dated in the years of the campaigns against Canaan and against Sarlak, king of Gutium.

He also boasted of having subjugated the " four quarters " — the lands surrounding Akkad to the north ( Assyria ), the south ( Sumer ), the east ( Elam ) and the west ( Martu ).

Some of the earliest historiographic texts ( ABC 19, 20 ) suggest he rebuilt the city of Babylon ( Bab-ilu ) in its new location near Akkad.