Sargon of Akkad
Britishnoun
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The Akkadian Empire reached its greatest geographic extent under its first emperor, Sargon of Akkad.
From Textbooks • Apr. 19, 2023
As early as the empire of Sargon of Akkad, Mesopotamian traders operating in the Persian Gulf sailed as far as modern-day Pakistan to trade with the people of the Indus River valley.
From Textbooks • Apr. 19, 2023
Similarly Carl Benjamin, better known as Sargon of Akkad, ran as a candidate on the UK Independence Party ticket and also failed to win.
From Salon • May 27, 2019
Two of UKIP's candidates gained fame through their controversial YouTube channels - Carl Benjamin, aka "Sargon of Akkad" and "Count Dankula", real name Mark Meechan.
From BBC • May 12, 2019
At present our understanding is meager—probably because disarmament budgets have, since the time of Sargon of Akkad, been somewhere between ineffective and nonexistent.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
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