A revolt of the Sumerian states, however, called him home, and for a time fortune seemed against him.

He was besieged in Akkad, but a successful sally drove back the rebels, and they were soon utterly crushed.

Then Sargon marched into Suri or Mesopotamia, subduing that country as well as the future Assyria.

It was the last, however, of his exploits.

His son Naram-Sin succeeded him shortly afterwards (B.C.