Complex sentence: On those tablets, Assyrian traders implored the help of their ruler, Sargon the Great, and this appellation continued to exist throughout the Assyrian Empire for about 1,700 years.
Split into simpler sentences: On those tablets, Assyrian traders implored the help of their ruler, Sargon the Great. This appellation continued to exist throughout the Assyrian Empire for about 1,700 years.