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2 unusual facts about Sargon


Berossus

Much information on Sargon (ca. 2300 BC) would have been available during his time (e.g., a birth legend preserved at El-Amarna and in an Assyrian fragment from 8th century BC, and two Neo-Babylonian fragments), but these were not mentioned.

Sargon the Sorcerer

Taking his professional name from the ancient king of the same name, Sargon has had a checkered career, acting mostly as a hero during the Golden Age aided by his cartoonish fat little comic relief sidekick/manager Maximillian O'Leary as he battled crooks, spies and his azure-skinned archenemy the Blue Lama, Queen of Black Magic, but re-emerging in the Silver Age - as a villain, at least at first.


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Battle of Uruk

2271 BC, Lugal-zage-si, the chief rival and opponent of Sargon, was defeated and his forces were routed.

La'ibum

The neo-Assyrian text also asserts that Sargon was from Azupiranu; this may have been LaŹ»ibum's native town.

Middle Eastern Empires

After some years of peace, Sargon waged wars against his rival Elam, and then launched a separate attack on Syria and Lebanon.

Simon Sargon

Sargon has been on the staff of the New York City Opera, Connecticut Opera, Dallas Opera, and was the assistant conductor of the Concert Opera Association of New York, which gave concert performances of unknown and neglected operatic works at Philharmonic Hall.


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