Rimush
king of Akkad
2265 BCE to 2206 BCE
Rimush (or Rimuš, the second king of the Akkadian Empire, is the son of Sargon of Akkad and Queen Tashlultum.
He is succeeded by his brother Manishtushu and is an uncle of Naram-Sin of Akkad.
According to his inscriptions, he faced widespread revolts which he successfully suppressed.
He also records a victorious campaign against Elam and Barakhshe.
A number of his votive offerings have been found in excavated temples in several Mesopotamian cities.
According to the Sumerian king list, his reign lasted 9 years (though variant copies read 7 or 15 years.)
There is one surviving year-name for an unknown year in his reign: "Year in which Adab was destroyed".
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Sargon imposes a bureaucracy on his empire and institutes centralized control.
Sargon reigns fifty-six years before dying in 2215 either of old age or in a revolt of the people he has conquered.
His entire empire immediately revolts upon hearing of the king's death.
Most of the revolts are put down by his son and successor Rimush, who reigns for nine years, followed by another of Sargon's sons, Manishtushu.
Soon after the death of Sargon, it begins to be said that he had been found, as an infant, floating in a small boat on the river.