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Sargon, the mighty king, king of Agade, am I. My mother was a changeling, my father I knew not. The brothers of my father loved the hills. My city is Azupiranu, which is situated on the banks of the Euphrates. My changeling mother conceived me, in secret she bore me. She set me in a basket of rushes, with bitumen she sealed my lid. She cast me into the river which rose not over me. The river bore me up and carried me to Akki, the drawer of water. Akki, the drawer of water, took me as his son and reared me. Akki, the drawer of water, appointed me as his gardener. While I was a gardener, Ishtar granted me her love, and for six and fifty years I exercised kingship. The black-headed people I ruled, I governed mighty mountains with chip-axes of bronze I conquered, The upper ranges I scaled, The lower ranges I traversed, The sea lands three times I circled. Dilmun my hand captured. To the great Der I went up, I altered and overcame.
Whatever king may come up after me, Let him rule, let him govern the black-headed people. Let him conquer mighty mountains with chip-axes of bronze, Let him scale the upper ranges, Let him traverse the lower ranges, Let him circle the sea lands three times! Dilmun let his hand capture, Let him go up to the great Der! Let him rule from my great city, Agade.

So how about a quick game of "Twenty Squares", it's an old royal board game from ancient Ur? I'll take black and give you first roll, what do ya say!

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Suzanne Teng-"Fertile Crescent"
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