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Q: Why were the Sumerians conquered?
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What group conquered the sumerians?

Akkadians


How did the Assyrians take over Egypt?

The Sumerians were conquered by the Assyrians and those were conquered by the Chaldean.


What was a semitic tribe from syria who conquered the sumerians and akkadians?

That was Assyria.


What civilization was sargon a leader of?

Sargon was the leader of the Semites but conquered the Sumerians. Thus he is quite often held as the "leader" of the Sumerians.


Which middle east civilization lasted over a thousand years before being conquered?

The Sumerian people of southern Mesopotamia (now Iraq) ruled the land from about 4000 BC until about 2000 BC. The Akkadians eventually conquered the Sumerians.


What year is it thought that the Sumerians were conquered and absorbed into the Babylonian and Assyrian Empires?

2000 BCE


What were the people called that lived in sumer?

WHile the obvious answer is Sumerians the country was conquered and over taken several times so the conquerors, such as the Akkadians, would be the inhabitants. Presently the inhabitants ar Iraqis.


In what year is it thought that the Sumerians were conquered and absorbed into the Babylonian and Assyrian Empires?

who gives a darnIgnore the unhelpful statement the first person submitted. The answer to the question is: 2370bce


Who conquered sumer and who was their king?

Sumer was conquered many times. in about 2800 B.C. King Gilgamesh rules the city of Uruk 2400 B.C. Sargon I of Akkad conquers Sumer. 2000 B.C. Sumerians conquered by Amorites, from Babylon 1600 B.C. Hammurabi conquers all of Sumer; records Codes of Hammurabi 1400 B.C. Assyrians establish an empire from the town of Assur into Mesopotamia


Which ancient civilization of the middle east last over a thousand year before being conquered?

The Sumerian people of southern Mesopotamia (now Iraq) ruled the land from about 4000 BC until about 2000 BC. The Akkadians eventually conquered the Sumerians.


What are the names of the two groups that settled in Mesopotamia following the Sumerians?

The Assyrians were in Mesopotamia. They were eventually conquered by Media and Babylonia. Babylonia was the next civilization that settled in Mesopotamia. This group was then conquered by the Persians, who extended their empire all the way to Asia Minor, or what is now Turkey.


What is a sentence for sumerians?

sumerians