The northwestern territorial extent of Sargon's Empire of Akkad : studies on the royal inscriptions and the historical literary texts on the horizons of the historical geography
The principal aim of this research is to contribute to solving a widely debatable question relating to the northwestern territorial extent of the empire of Akkad, indicated by the royal inscriptions and the historical literary or epic texts, during the reign of Sargon. It is unfortunately impossible to define its territorial extent with certainty. However, some contributions toward solving this historical problem have made an attempt to identify the places involved. The capital city of the empire of Akkad has still not been located. If we were to discover its capital city of Agade, it would raise the great possibility that excavations on the site might produce evidence, which could eventually define the question of Sargon's supremacy over the northwest. The same can be said for the locations of some northwestern places mentioned in two different genres of the cuneiform texts, the royal inscriptions and the historical literary or epic texts. According to these texts, Sargon may have had a sort of political or military supremacy over some places beyond Mari in the northwest of Mesopotamia. However, we still cannot identify the locations of some of these places. Again, if the locations of these places can be
Kawakami, Naohiko
The northwestern territorial extent of Sargon's Empire of Akkad : studies on the royal inscriptions and the historical literary texts on the horizons of the historical geography. The principal aim of this research is to contribute to solving a widely debatable question relating to the northwestern territorial extent of the empire of Akkad, indicated by the royal inscriptions and the historical literary or epic texts, during the reign of Sargon. It is unfortunately impossible to define its territorial extent with certainty. However, some contributions toward solving this historical problem have made an attempt to identify the places involved. The capital city of the empire of Akkad has still not been located. If we were to discover its capital city of Agade, it would raise the great possibility that excavations on the site might produce evidence, which could eventually define the question of Sargon's supremacy over the northwest. The same can be said for the locations of some northwestern places mentioned in two different genres of the cuneiform texts, the royal inscriptions and the historical literary or epic texts. According to these texts, Sargon may have had a sort of political or military supremacy over some places beyond Mari in the northwest of Mesopotamia. However, we still cannot identify the locations of some of these places. Again, if the locations of these places can be
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