Sargon claimed that his people had seeded their species throughout the galaxy, and Spock said that could explain some enigmas of Vulcan pre-history.

After the middle of the 12th century BC follows another long period of comparative neglect, but with the conquest of Babylonia by the Assyrian king Sargon II, at the close of the 8th century BC, we meet again with building inscriptions, and under Ashurbanipal, about the middle of the 7th century BC, we find Ekur restored with a splendour greater than ever before, the ziggurat of that period being 58 by 39 m. After the fall of the Neo Assyrian Empire Ekur appears to have gradually fallen into decay, until finally, in the Seleucid period, the ancient temple was turned into a fortress.

Kirk's metabolism and temperature rise to dangerous levels, but Sargon refuses to leave the body, insisting his control will only be temporary-just long enough for him and his companions to construct artificial bodies they will later occupy.

Additional evidence that it was Shalmaneser, not Sargon II who initially captured Samaria, despite the latter's claim, late in his reign, that he was its conqueror, was presented by Tadmor, who showed that Sargon had no campaigns in the west in his first two years of reign ( 722 and 721 BC ).

The first known mention of the city of Akkad is in an inscription of Enshakushanna of Uruk, where he claims to have defeated Agade — indicating that it was in existence well before the days of Sargon of Akkad, whom the Sumerian King List claims to have built it.

Sargon has often been cited as the first ruler of a combined empire of Akkad and Sumer, although more recently discovered data suggests there had been Sumerian expansions under previous kings, including Lugal-Anne-Mundu of Adab, Eannatum of Lagash, and Lugal-Zage-Si.

One strategy adopted by both Sargon and Naram-Sin, to maintain control of the country, was to install their daughters, Enheduanna and Emmenanna respectively, as high priestess to Sin, the Akkadian version of the Sumerian moon deity, Nanna, at Ur, in the extreme south of Sumer ; to install sons as provincial ensi governors in strategic locations ; and to marry their daughters to rulers of peripheral parts of the Empire ( Urkesh and Marhashe ).

Enheduanna, the " wife ( Sumerian " dam " = high priestess ) of Nanna Sumerian moon god and daughter of Sargon " of the temple of Sin at Ur, who lived ca.

Sumerian references to the Mar. tu (" tent dwellers " – considered to be Amorite ) country West of the Euphrates date from even earlier than Sargon, at least to the reign of the Sumerian king, Enshakushanna of Uruk.

Hegemony, which came to be conferred by the Nippur priesthood, alternated among a number of competing dynasties, hailing from Sumerian city-states traditionally including Kish, Uruk, Ur, Adab and Akshak, as well as some from outside of southern Mesopotamia, such as Awan, Hamazi, and Mari, until the Akkadians, under Sargon of Akkad, overtook the area.

Enheduanna was appointed to the role of High Priestess in a move considered to be a shrewd political move by Sargon to help cement power in the Sumerian south, in which the City of Ur was located.

Several archaic titles of nobility ( e. g., Middle English Sir ( knight ), Old French Sire ( lord ), proto-Slavic Tsar ( monarch ), Biblical Hebrew Sar ( chief ), Akkadian Saris ( court minister ), Old Egyptian Ser ( prince )) derive from the same etymological root, likely Sumerian ( from Sarrum meaning " king "; see Sargon of Akkad ).

2296-2271 BC short chronology ) was the last Sumerian king before the conquest of Sumer by Sargon of Akkad and the rise of the Akkadian Empire, and was considered as the only king of the third dynasty of Uruk.

the 23rd century BC ( see Sargon of Akkad ) and Eblaite, but earlier evidence of Akkadian comes from personal names in Sumerian texts circa 2800 BC.

Sargon was claimed to be the son of La ' ibum or Itti-Bel, a humble gardener, and possibly a hierodule, or priestess to Ishtar or Inanna.

Several ancient Mesopotamian kings were named in honor of Zababa, including Ur-Zababa of Kish ( early patron of Sargon of Akkad ) and Zababa-shuma-iddin ( a 12th century BCE Kassite king of Babylon ).

Sargon the king prostrated himself before ( the god ) Dagan ( and ) made supplication to him ; ( and ) he ( Dagan ) gave him the upper land, namely Mari, Yarmuti, ( and ) Ebla, up to the Cedar Forest ( and ) up to the Silver Mountain ".

She begs the moon god Nanna to intercede for her because the city of Uruk, under the ruler Lugalanne, has rebelled against Sargon.

Sargon II ( Akkadian Šarru-ukin " he the god made firm the king ", Arabic: ' reigned 722 – 705 BC ) was an Assyrian king.

The eighth campaign of Sargon against Urartu in 714 BC is well known from a letter from Sargon to the god Ashur ( found in the town of Assur, now in the Louvre ) and the bas-reliefs in the palace of Dur-Sharrukin.

While most of the army returned to Assyria, Sargon went on to sack the Urartian temple of the god Haldi and his wife Bagbartu at Musasir ( Ardini ).

Originally a cupbearer ( Rabshaqe ) to a king of Kish with a Semitic name, Ur-Zababa, Sargon thus became a gardener, responsible for the task of clearing out irrigation canals.

Some have suggested that this was Sargon's original employment for the king of Kish, giving him experience in effectively organising large groups of men ; a tablet reads, " Sargon, the king, to whom Enlil permitted no rival — 5, 400 warriors ate bread daily before him ".

One tablet reads " Sargon, the king of Kish, triumphed in thirty-four battles ( over the cities ) up to the edge of the sea ( and ) destroyed their walls.

Sargon of Akkad came from the area of Kish.

On those tablets Assyrian traders implored the help of the Akkadian king Sargon.

The earliest historical records of Anatolia stem from the south east of the region, and are from the Mesopotamian based Akkadian Empire during the reign of Sargon of Akkad in the 24th century BC.

Under Sargon and his successors, Akkadian language was briefly imposed on neighboring conquered states such as Elam.

Sargon of Akkad ( Sharru-kin = " legitimate king ", possibly a title he took on gaining power ; 24th century BC ) defeated and captured Lugal-Zage-Si in the Battle of Uruk and conquered his empire.

The earliest records in the Akkadian language date to the time of Sargon.

Displacing Ur-Zababa, Sargon was crowned king, and he entered upon a career of foreign conquest.

However, Sargon took this process further, conquering many of the surrounding regions to create an empire that reached westward as far as the Mediterranean Sea and perhaps Cyprus ( Kaptara ); northward as far as the mountains ( a later Hittite text asserts he fought the Hattite king Nurdaggal of Burushanda, well into Anatolia ); eastward over Elam ; and as far south as Magan ( Oman ) — a region over which he reigned for purportedly 56 years, though only four " year-names " survive.

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.

As Sargon extended his conquest from the " Lower Sea " ( Persian Gulf ), to the " Upper Sea " ( Mediterranean ), it was felt that he ruled " the totality of the lands under heaven ", or " from sunrise to sunset ", as contemporary texts put it.

Under Sargon, the ensis generally retained their positions, but were seen more as provincial governors.

Sargon is even recorded as having organised naval expeditions to Dilmun ( Bahrein ) and Magan, amongst the first organised military naval expeditions in history.

With Naram-Sin, Sargon's grandson, this went further than with Sargon, with the king not only being called " Lord of the Four Quarters ( of the Earth )", but also elevated to the ranks of the dingir (= gods ), with his own temple establishment.

Clay seals that took the place of stamps bear the names of Sargon and his son.

It is probable that the first collection of astronomical observations and terrestrial omens was made for a library established by Sargon.

The earliest " year names ", whereby each year of a king's reign was named after a significant event performed by that king, date from the reign of Sargon the Great.

These alleged refugees claimed the ancestry of Sargon of Akkad ( whose dynasty died out some 15 centuries before the fall of Assyria ), they also contradictionally claimed ancestry from Nabopolassar, a Babylonian king of Chaldean extraction who played a major part in the destruction of the Assyrian Empire.

Additionally, the claimants to this ancestry also claim descendancy from Sargon of Akkad ( whose dynasty died out over 1500 years before the Assyrian dynasty fell ), and from Nabopolassar, who was a Chaldean, politically and militarily opposed to Assyria, and not in fact an Assyrian.