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Sargon II
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Napoleon Bonaparte. Napoleon in Coronation Robes or Napoleon I Emperor of France, 1804 by Baron Francois Gerard or Baron Francois-Pascal-Simon Gerard, from the Musee National, Chateau de Versailles.
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  • Jorgen Laessoe

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Article History

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First paragraph modernization.
  • Encyclopaedia Britannica
Apr 05, 2024
Replaced photograph.
  • Amy Tikkanen
Sep 05, 2017
Added new Web site: The British Museum - Biography of Sargon II, King of Assyria (721-705 BC).
  • Gloria Lotha
Sep 18, 2008
Article added to new online database.
  • The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Jul 20, 1998
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