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Sargon

Proper noun

Meaning

An Akkadian emperor famous for his conquest of the Sumerian city-states in the 24th and 23rd centuries BCE.

Either of two Assyrian kings.

Source: en.wiktionary.org

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According to the Hebrew Bible, Hezekiah witnessed the destruction of the northern Kingdom of Israel by Sargon 's Assyrians in c. 720 BC and was king of Judah during the invasion and siege of Jerusalem by Sennacherib in 701 BC. Source: Internet

Akkad reached the height of its power between the 24th and 22nd centuries BC, following the conquests of king Sargon of Akkad. Source: Internet

A stela found 1845 in Kition commemorates the victory of king Sargon II (721–705 BC) in 709 over the seven kings in the land of Ia', in the district of Iadnana or Atnana. Source: Internet

Among these is at least one text predating the reign of Sargon. Source: Internet

Dalley proposes that these sources may have originally referred to Sargon II of the Assyria rather than Sargon of Akkad. Source: Internet

Bas-relief from the king Sargon II 's palace at Dur Sharrukin in Assyria (now Khorsabad in Iraq), c. 713–716 BC. Source: Internet

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