Event
Sargon of Akkad begins his reign over Akkad
CFAH-15 (OSF preprint) AP-92: Sargon of Akkad defeated Ur-Zababa and began his reign over Akkad, 1619 BC.
Tier 1: CFAH anchor point: 1619 BC (AP-92, OSF preprint CFAH-15)
Description
CFAH-15 (OSF preprint) AP-92: Sargon of Akkad defeated Ur-Zababa and began his reign over Akkad, 1619 BC.
Chronologies
| Chronology | Date as stated | Year (BC / AM) | Citation & note |
|---|---|---|---|
| CFAH anchor point | 1619 BC Precision: year |
1619 BC | Griffith & White, "CFAH-15: Sumer, Akkad, and Babylon," OSF preprint v1.4 (2026), doi:10.17605/OSF.IO/VYNJU, file "CFAH-15 Sumer, Akkad, and Babylon_v1.4.pdf", p. 21 (opens in a new tab) CFAH-15 p. 21: "The defeat of Ur Zababa by Sargon of Akkad, starting his reign over Akkad to the year 1619 BC, Anchor Point #92." OSF preprint, not peer-reviewed in ARJ; see docs/OPEN-QUESTIONS-FOR-KEVIN.md on whether preprint anchor points should set tier 1. Conventional dates put Sargon c. 2334–2279 BC; CFAH's date is about 700 years later. Sets sort year |
| Ussher-Jones | Not yet established | — | — Jones (Chart No. 1; Chronology of the Old Testament, 2002) gives no date for this extra-biblical event. |
| Ussher | Not yet established | — | — No matching entry found in Ussher's Annals. |
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Related
CFAH charts
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CFAH-15 (OSF) · Fig. 1
Kish uruk akkad (from the OSF file name; no caption has been checked).
OSF component vynju: CFAH-15: Sumer, Akkad, and Babylon; file "figure_1_kish_uruk_akkad.png"
Records: Sargon of Akkad begins his reign over Akkad
OSF (served as a download, application/octet-stream; text card, no hotlinked thumbnail)
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CFAH-15 (OSF) · Fig. 2
Akkadian empire (from the OSF file name; no caption has been checked).
OSF component vynju: CFAH-15: Sumer, Akkad, and Babylon; file "figure_2_akkadian_empire.png"
Records: Sargon of Akkad begins his reign over Akkad
OSF (served as a download, application/octet-stream; text card, no hotlinked thumbnail)
Free sources
- CFAH-15: Sumer, Akkad, and Babylon (opens in a new tab) — p. 21 free-to-read
- The King James Version of the Bible (opens in a new tab) public-domain
Copyrighted works (CFAH papers, F. N. Jones) are linked, not reproduced.