Sargon
['sɑ:ɡɔn]
Examples
- Tiglath Pileser III and Sargon II, names already familiar in this story, profess to have made them pay tribute. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- No Sargon, no Thothmes, no Nebuchadnezzar, no Cyrus nor Alexander nor Chandragupta, was its fountain head. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Sargon of Akkad, who founded the first Semitic empire in Asia (3800 B.., was brought up by an irrigator, and was himself a gardener. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- We have already noted the name of Sennacherib, the son of Sargon II, among the monarchs of the Assyrian Empire. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- It was probably Sargon II who actually carried out the deportation of the Ten Tribes. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
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