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From within the city walls, Uruk knew not of the threat that came beyond

A king so dire and great, an empire in the midst of creation

Defenders of the city forced to flee, for the city walls had collapsed

And the plundering of old begot the formation of the new

Sargon of Akkad, overlord of Sumer

With an iron fist he led his men to war and conquered

City by city taken by brute force

When Sumer fell, Empire was born

Divine right, anointed priest

Weapons washed in the lower sea

He conquered Sumer in its entirety

Through the winters and summers of the third millennium

For a century and a half lasted the Dynasty of Akkad