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| − | |RealName=Sargon of Agade | + | |RealName=Šarru-kīnu, Sargon of Agade |
|Aliases=Sargon I, Sargon the Great | |Aliases=Sargon I, Sargon the Great | ||
|Birthdate=2308 BCE | |Birthdate=2308 BCE | ||
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| − | |Ethnicity= | + | |Ethnicity=Akkadian |
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|Age=71 (deceased) | |Age=71 (deceased) | ||
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| + | ===Biography== | ||
| + | In the sixth year of the reign of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ur-Zababa Ur-Zababa], divine ruler of the Sumerian Empire, his cup-bearer Sargon came to him with a dream: should his rule continue, four-fifths of the population would perish - but his reign would continue for four hundred years. Deeply troubled, Ur-Zababa stalled, claiming he would step down when it could be shown that Sargon's dream was a true one. | ||
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| + | When the people of Kish began to die of an unknown plague, Ur-Zababa still refused to abdicate. Instead, he sent his cup-bearer to Lugal-zage-si, king of Uruk, bearing a message. Sargon was told by one of Ur-Zababa's concubines that the message would instruct the king to kill the messenger; still, he could not refuse an order with a divine mandate. He delivered the message faithfully, informing the lord of Uruk he was aware of the contents. | ||
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| + | Lugal-zage-si likewise could not disobey an instruction from his lord, and began to pronounce the sentence of death upon Sargon. When he spoke, the words that came from his mouth were in the voice of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marduk Marduk], father of law: <i>"He who would have another slay his loyal servant,may walk like a king, may speak like a king, may claim to be a king, but still cannot be the lawful king."</i> | ||
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=Biography
In the sixth year of the reign of Ur-Zababa, divine ruler of the Sumerian Empire, his cup-bearer Sargon came to him with a dream: should his rule continue, four-fifths of the population would perish - but his reign would continue for four hundred years. Deeply troubled, Ur-Zababa stalled, claiming he would step down when it could be shown that Sargon's dream was a true one.
When the people of Kish began to die of an unknown plague, Ur-Zababa still refused to abdicate. Instead, he sent his cup-bearer to Lugal-zage-si, king of Uruk, bearing a message. Sargon was told by one of Ur-Zababa's concubines that the message would instruct the king to kill the messenger; still, he could not refuse an order with a divine mandate. He delivered the message faithfully, informing the lord of Uruk he was aware of the contents.
Lugal-zage-si likewise could not disobey an instruction from his lord, and began to pronounce the sentence of death upon Sargon. When he spoke, the words that came from his mouth were in the voice of Marduk, father of law: "He who would have another slay his loyal servant,may walk like a king, may speak like a king, may claim to be a king, but still cannot be the lawful king."
