 The empire's most remarkable ruler was undoubtedly Sargon the Great (of Akkad) who lived 2334–2279 BCE and numbers among the first great Middle Eastern rulers, as well as a great military tactician and strategist.He is credited as the first general to use amphibious warfare in recorded history

After some years of peace, Sargon waged wars against his rival Elam, and then launched a separate attack on Syria and Lebanon.The key to Sargon's victories, was his coordination in army movement, his ability to improvise tactics, his combined arms strategy, and his skill at siege warfare, as well as the keeping of intelligence, always relying on heavy reconnaissance.