Nergal and Inanna/Ishtar In 2316 B.C., while Marduk built an army in Egypt, Inanna had Sargon invade Marduk’s empty stronghold, Babylon. Sargon, King of Akkad, ostensibly insulted Marduk; he planted an urn of Babylon soil in Agade, Akkad’s capital. Inanna boasted that she would build her own …









