Sons of Sargon: Rimush and Manishtushu

Sargon the Great was quite an individual and is credited with being the first person in the world to establish what we'd call an empire. But what happened to that empire after he was gone? The task of ruling such a large realm fell to his sons, first Rimush and then Manishtushu. This video explores the instability that resurfaced after Sargon left the scene and what his sons had to do in order to preserve all that their father had accomplished.

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