Nimrod The Rebellious King pt 3

Who is Sargon? Is he Nimrod? This name was mentioned three times in different timeline, Sargon of Agade (Akkad), Sargon I of Assyria, and finally Sargon II of Assyria. Some scholars believed that there is only one Sargon truly existed which is Sargon of Agade, they believed Sargon II of Assyria had all the ancient texts collected and had it rewritten to his liking based on the original Sargon. If you look at the list of king you will only find this name (Sargon) mentioned once in the Agade (Akkad) dynasty. Moreover no ancient text about Sargon of Agade that was written in his own time was found, supports this theory.

Putting that aside, Sargon profile doesn't match with Nimrod. During his reign Sargon managed to destroyed U'rua, Elam and Mari. He was more of a battle warrior than a rebel. In the Genesis, Old Testament and Quran, Nimrod was said to have dreamed a boy would later overthrow him. Sargon on the other hand, believed to be the adopted son of a gardener and later overthrow his King and reign for 56 years. Sargon was (according to scholars) not his real name. After succeeding the throne he renames himself Sargon which means "The True King". It's pretty common in the past that a king would rename himself. In Sargon's case he probably need it since he was originally a cupbearer and he depose his king and claimed the throne. What better name than "The True King"? Hehehe... Moreover, Agade dynasty was way before Babylon existed, whereas Nimrod was supposed to be the ruler of Babel (Babylon). So I would put Sargon aside as well.

What about Gilgamesh? He was a famous fictional character in the 12 tablets found. "Epic of Gilgamesh", is one of the best work of early literature in the Mesopotamian mythology, but that's about it. There are no other records that could confirm his existence, however scholars didn't ruled out that he might be one of the great King in Uruk dynasty. So is he Nimrod? Uruk dynasty was during the Sumerian era so I would ruled out his connection with Nimrod since the timeline doesn't fit. However his chronology was quite fun to read, Gilgamesh was believed to be demi-god-human and the son of the goddess Rilmat Ninsun. On the 11th tablet recorded stories that somewhat related to the big flood. So if his existance was real, he couldn't be Nimrod whose empire existed after the great flood.

Well, what about Enmekar? Well I'll tell you about him in later post. I'm hungry.. I can't write when I'm hungry and I almost couldn't finish writing about Sargon... Hehehe...Until then, have a good day / night / rest. Ciao~