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Sargon I
Sargon I (
c.2334–
c.2279 bc) King of Akkad (
c.2316–
c.2279 bc). One of the first of the great Mesopotamian conquerors, he was a usurper who founded his capital at Agade (Akkad), from which his kingdom took its name. Sargon conquered
Sumeria and Upper
Mesopotamia and extracted tribute from lands as far
w as the Mediterranean.
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Palace of Sargon, king of the universe.(ancient Assyria)
Magazine article from: Calliope; 9/1/2004; ; 700+ words
; ...royal residential palaces. --from one of Sargon's royal inscriptions In 722 B.C., Sargon II, whose name means "true king," ascended...stretched for a mile on each of its four sides. Sargon began work on Khorsabad in 717 B.C. and...
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The Correspondence of Sargon II: Letters from Babylonia and the Eastern Provinces, part III.(Book Review)
Magazine article from: The Journal of the American Oriental Society; 4/1/2004; ; 700+ words
; The Correspondence of Sargon II, part III: Letters from Babylonia...letters found at Nineveh written to King Sargon II from Babylonia or from the provinces east of Babylonia. Two volumes of Sargon's correspondence have already been published...
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The Babylonian Correspondence of Sargon and Sennacherib.(Book review)
Magazine article from: The Journal of the American Oriental Society; 4/1/2005; ; 700+ words
; The Babylonian Correspondence of Sargon and Sennacherib. By MANFRIED DIETRICH...the author has assigned to the reigns of Sargon II and Sennacherib. Originally compiled...method for assigning letters to either Sargon or Sennacherib, an undertaking both complex...
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S. Dick Sargon Named President of New Hill International Subsidiary.
Business Wire; 9/28/2007; 700+ words
; ...consulting firm, announced today that S. Dick Sargon has been promoted to President of a newly...International Development Ltd. Prior to this position, Sargon was a Vice President with Hill. Sargon will continue to be based out of Hill's San...
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EDWARD SARGON, 38 FORMER OWNER OF REALTY FIRM
Newspaper article from: The Boston Globe; 7/11/1987; 341 words
; ...Levine Chapel in Brookline for Edward J. Sargon of Brookline, former owner of S And S Realty in Brighton. Mr. Sargon died Friday at his home after a long illness. He was 38. Born in Boston, Mr. Sargon was a 1967 graduate of Brookline High...
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JOSEPH I. SARGON, 83 HOME IMPROVEMENT CONTRACTOR
Newspaper article from: The Boston Globe; 4/25/1990; 402 words
; ...Levine Chapel in Brookline for Joseph I. Sargon, a retired partner in New England Modernizing...Improvement Contractors Association. Mr. Sargon died of a heart attack yesterday in the...contractor. Born and educated in Bombay, Mr. Sargon came to the United States in 1939 after...
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Benjamin I. Sargon Was lawyer in Boston; at 89
Newspaper article from: The Boston Globe; 7/13/1992; 398 words
; Benjamin I. Sargon, a lawyer in Boston, died yesterday...lived in Brookline. Born in Bombay, Mr. Sargon was educated there and studied law at...At Temple Emeth in Chestnut Hill, Mr. Sargon was a member of the ritual committee...
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A New Era in Dentistry: Sargon Dental Technology Hailed as ``The 21st Century Tooth Replacement System''.
Business Wire; 12/4/2003; 700+ words
; ...office with a functional tooth," says Dr. Sargon Lazarof, inventor and developer of the revolutionary Sargon Immediate-Load Implant(TM), the first...practitioners and specialists, that the Sargon Dental Implant represents "the 21st Century...
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An Interview with Sargon Boulus
Magazine article from: Parnassus : Poetry in Review; 1/1/2006; ; 700+ words
; I first came across the poetry of Sargon Boulus in an anthology of Arabic poetry...life and work. RAYYAN AL-SHAWAF RA: Sargon, your name recalls the Akkadian ruler...Shamiran (Assyrian for Semiramis). As for Sargon, yes, he conquered all of Babylon and...
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Secrets of Sargon. (Mesopotamian art at the newly opened Iraq Museum)
Magazine article from: The Economist (US); 1/20/1990; 700+ words
; Secrets of Sargon THE golden baubles of an Assyrian queen...bulls from the palace of the Assyrian king Sargon II (c. 720 BC) grace the British Museum...of two queens, one, Talia, a wife of Sargon II. Their gold armlets, crowns and tiny...
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Sargon II
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
Sargon II The Assyrian king Sargon II (reigned 722-705 B.C.) was one of the chief architects...Assyrian Empire and the founder of its greatest line of kings. Sargon II, upon his accession, took the name Sharrukin (Sargon is the...
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Sargon of Agade
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
Sargon of Agade Sargon of Agade (reigned ca. 2340-2284 B.C.) was the first Semitic...to win and hold an empire. He became a heroic figure of literature. Sargon was born, according to legend, in the city of Saffron on the banks...
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Sargon
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Sargon , king of Akkad in Mesopotamia (reigned...Documents now support the theory that Sargon and his successors sent expeditions into...well as Asia Minor. The dynasty founded by Sargon lasted approximately 160 years; it was...
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Sargon I
Book article from: World Encyclopedia
Sargon I ( c. 2334– c. 2279 bc) King of Akkad ( c. 2316–...founded his capital at Agade (Akkad), from which his kingdom took its name. Sargon conquered Sumeria and Upper Mesopotamia and extracted tribute from lands as...
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Sumerian and Babylonian art
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...Gilgamesh . With the ascent to power of Sargon of Akkad , Sumerian art reached new heights...bronze head thought to be a portrait of Sargon himself (from Nineveh, c.2300 BC...relief showing the deified grandson of Sargon in battle (2261-24 BC; Louvre...
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