Abstract
This chapter confines to learning and power during the Sargonid Period, an interesting and important historical period in ancient Mesopotamia (721-627 B.C.). It presents a short summary about schools and education in Mesopotamia. Much of our knowledge of schools and education comes from the Sumerian Ur III period and the Old Babylonian period, roughly covering the twenty-second to the seventeenth centuries B.C. Parpola's study of the group of prominent scholars has brought a very important fact to light; namely, that the family contacts of the first circle were all with the same prestigious family with a continuous scribal tradition. As Parpola has also remarked, it is not surprising that echoes of rivalry, competition and the fight for the available positions do not often feature in the corpus of letters. Finally, the manner in which the letters discuss the advice and suggestions is very characteristic. Keywords: Mesopotamia; Old Babylonian period; Parpola's study; Sargonid period
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