As I type this, I’m waiting for an “AirShield” (CVS version of AirBourne) to dissolve in a glass of water. I have to be honest, it looks really disgusting. I am not looking forward to drinking it.

That’s not the point. This is the Victory Stele of Naram-Sin. I’m showing this to you because it’s something new and innovative in art, at least at the time it was created back in the 2200s BCE. It was created by the Akkadians, who introduced a new concept to mankind that’s still around today — unquestioned loyalty to their king rather than their city-state.

Ugh, I think my AirShield is dissolved.

This stele commemorates Naram-Sin’s victory over the people of Lullubi. (Yes, Lullubi, they were the people of the mountains in eastern Iran.) It has two inscriptions. One was done during it’s creation to honor Naram-Sin’s conquest and a later inscription was done…