Sargon The Great Ruler

He crushes the cities of his enemies. He shows mercy to those who betray him and seek his forgiveness and to his allies he gives cities. These are the traits of the great emperor of Mesopotamia: Sargon of Akkad (2370-2315 B.C.E.). Sargon started his rule with a few and with his military genius and excellent leadership skills, he created one of the largest empires in history. He perfectly fits the description provided by Crone as a political ruler in a complex human society due to his excellent decision making and his ability to appeal to his people.
The most important quality of being a good leader is being able to make decisions that no one else could make. One trait of a complex society is social stratification, the specialization of jobs as more and more people are integrated into a certain society. With social stratification comes people of different skills. Certain people are farmers, others are merchants, and then there are rulers such as Sargon. As Crone states, “The more people differ from one another, the more they come to depend on formal rules for peaceful interaction”
One king, Ullunsun, refused Sargon as his king and eventually after witnessing Sargon wipe out another man who opposed him, went to Sargon and “kissed his feet” to show his loyalty. Sargon had all the reason to kill him but instead showed mercy to Ullunsun, pardoned his “innumerable misdeeds” and gave him a throne and two fortresses. Sargon’s authority stretched all over Mesopotamia. Although it was such a vast empire and he was not able to be everywhere at once, he was able to unite all the rulers under his command and they were the “watchers” of the kingdoms in Mesopotamia, leading individually on his behalf. For fifteen years while Sargon was alive, he was able to keep the empire of Mesopotamia alive and it continued for hundreds of years until 2150 B.C.E. when the empire collapsed due to the sheer