Sargon the great, in creating the first territorial state, relied heavily on

Sargon the high, in building the initial territorial state, relied heavily on beginning Mesopotamian variations in watering, record-keeping, and urban development.

He was the patron of the "Sargonic" or "Old Akkadian" government, which controlled for nearly a century following his death till the Gutian triumph of Sumer. The Sumerian emperor record gives him the cup-bearer to emperor Ur-Zababa of Kish. His union is believed to possess incorporated most of Mesopotamia, portions of the Levant, besides attacks into Hurrite and Elamite region, commanding from his (archaeologically as still unknown) capital, Akkad (also Agade).