Sargon

[ sahr-gon ]

/ ˈsɑr gɒn /

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Definition of Sargon

noun

flourished c2300 b.c., Mesopotamian ruler: founder of Akkadian kingdom.

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QUIZ YOURSELF ON "WAS" VS. "WERE"!

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“Was” is used for the indicative past tense of “to be,” and “were” is only used for the subjunctive past tense.

Sargon's lowering brow was black as night, and to the vociferous greetings of his countrymen he returned but a silent scowl.
Sarchedon|G. J. (George John) Whyte-Melville
Sargon nodded, and his white teeth gleamed between the curls of his jetty beard.
Sarchedon|G. J. (George John) Whyte-Melville
Those of his friends who were near enough to observe Sargon's face hardly recognised him.
Sarchedon|G. J. (George John) Whyte-Melville
The story of his being exposed in an ark of bulrushes is a myth probably derived from the similar and much earlier myth of Sargon.
Communism and Christianism|William Montgomery Brown

Sargon erected an image of himself by the shore of the sea, and seems even to have received tribute from Cyprus.
Early Israel and the Surrounding Nations|Archibald Sayce