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Sargon II's campaign against Ellipi
Sargon II's campaign against Ellipi was an Assyrian military expedition of 713 BC into the central Zagros that suppressed revolts, made Karalla a province, and restored King Dalta.
Sargon II's campaigns against Mannea
Sargon II's campaigns against Mannea were Assyrian military interventions in the Iranian kingdom of Mannea between 719 and 715 BC, ending with Ullusunu restored as an Assyrian vassal.
Sargon II's campaigns against Media
Sargon II's campaigns against Media were Assyrian military operations against the city-lords of western Iran, mainly between 716 and 713 BC, creating the provinces Kar-Šarrukin and Kar-Nergal.
Sargon II's eighth campaign
Sargon II's eighth campaign, also known as Sargon II's campaign against Urartu (714 BC), was his 714 BC expedition across the Zagros against Urartu, crushing Rusa I and sacking Musasir.
Sargon of Akkad
Sargon of Akkad (Sharru-ken, 'the king is legitimate'), reigned 2334–2279 BCE, founded the Akkadian Empire, often called the first multinational empire, uniting the Sumerian city-states after defeating Lugalzagesi of Umma.
Sargon of Akkad's campaign against Elam
Sargon of Akkad's campaign against Elam was a military expedition of about 2300 BC in which Sargon claimed victory over Elam and Baraḫši and captured the Elamite king Luḫ-iššan.
Sargon of Akkad's conquest of Sumer
Sargon of Akkad's conquest of Sumer was a series of campaigns, c. 2334–2316 BC, by which Sargon defeated Lugalzagesi of Uruk and united Sumer under Akkadian rule.
Sargon's conquest of Uruk
Sargon's conquest of Uruk, also called the Fall of Uruk to Sargon, was the battle in which Sargon of Akkad defeated Lugalzagesi of Uruk around 2316 BC.
Sargonic royal inscriptions
Sargonic royal inscriptions, also called Old Akkadian royal inscriptions, are the inscriptions of the Akkadian dynasty from Sargon through Shu-turul, c. 2334–2154 BC, the first extensive use of Akkadian for royal display.
Sargonid dynasty
The Sargonid dynasty was the last ruling house of the Neo-Assyrian Empire, founded by Sargon II in 721 BC and ending with the fall of Nineveh in 612 BC.
Sargramostim
Sargramostim, marketed as Leukine, is a recombinant GM-CSF drug approved in 1991 that speeds myeloid recovery after chemotherapy and bone marrow transplantation and improves survival after radiation exposure.
Sargudhasht-i Sayyidna
Sargudhasht-i Sayyidna (سرگذشت سيدنا) was an anonymous Persian biography of Hasan-i Sabbah, founder of the Nizari Ismaili state at Alamut, now lost and known only through quotations.
Sargun Mehta
Sargun Mehta (Sargun Mehta Dubey), born 1988 in Chandigarh, is an Indian actress and producer known for Punjabi films Angrej, Qismat, and Saunkan Saunkne, Filmfare and PTC Best Actress awards, and Dreamiyata Entertainment with husband Ravie Dubey.
Sarhili
Sarhili, also known as Kreli, was paramount chief of the Gcaleka Xhosa and the last independent Xhosa king, reigning from 1835 until his death in 1892 or 1893.
Sari
Sari (saree): unstitched draped women's garment of South Asia, 4–9 m long with field, borders, and pallu; over 80 regional drapes including Nivi, Bengali, Gujarati; India's sari market $12 bn in 2024.
Sari (city)
Sari (ساری), capital of Mazandaran province in northern Iran between the Alborz foothills and the Caspian Sea; largest city of the province, caviar and paper industry center, ECO tourism capital 2022, site of Baha'i Constitutional Revolution activity.
Sari al-Saqati
Sari al-Saqati (سري السقطي) was a Sufi master of Baghdad who died in 867, remembered as the maternal uncle and teacher of Junayd al-Baghdadi and an early teacher of divine unity.
Sari Arambulo
Sari Arambulo, also known for Cookie, Love, is a Filipina-American actor, filmmaker, and producer based in NY and LA, known for Grace on A.P. Bio, Abbie in Bloody Axe Wound, and the Tribeca-premiered short Cookie, Love.
Sari Essayah
Sari Essayah, born 1967, is a Finnish politician who leads the Christian Democrats and serves as Minister of Agriculture and Forestry, after a career as a champion race walker.
Sari Multala
Sari Multala, born in 1978, is a Finnish National Coalition Party politician, Minister of Climate and the Environment since 2025 and a former three-time world champion sailor.
Sariamin Ismail
Sariamin Ismail (1909–1995) was an Indonesian writer, teacher, and women's organization activist from West Sumatra, recorded as the first woman in Indonesia to publish a novel.
Sarie
Sarie is a South African Afrikaans-language women's glossy magazine published by Media24, first issued in 1949 as Sarie Marais by Nasionale Pers and long the leading Afrikaans women's magazine.
Sariel
Sariel (Hebrew שָׂרִיאֵל, Greek Σαριήλ; variants Suriel, Saraqael) is an angel of 1 Enoch and the Dead Sea Scrolls, one of Qumran's four chief angels, venerated as Suriel in Coptic tradition.
Sarika
Sarika (सारिका), full name Sarika Thakur, is an Indian actress of Hindi cinema who began as a child star and won National Film Awards for acting and costume design.
Sarileru Neekevvaru (సరిలేరు నీకెవ్వరు)
Sarileru Neekevvaru (సరిలేరు నీకెవ్వరు) is a 2020 Telugu action comedy drama directed by Anil Ravipudi, starring Mahesh Babu as Army Major Ajay Krishna with Rashmika Mandanna and Vijayashanti; released 11 January 2020, it grossed about ₹221.70 Cr worldwide on a ₹100 Cr budget.
Sarilumab
Sarilumab (brand name Kevzara) is a fully human monoclonal antibody that blocks interleukin-6 receptors, developed by Regeneron and Sanofi and approved in 2017 for rheumatoid arthritis, polymyalgia rheumatica, and juvenile idiopathic arthritis.
Sarim faction
The Sarim faction (사림) was a political force of provincial Neo-Confucian scholars in Joseon Korea who entered government under King Seongjong and dominated politics from Seonjo's reign.
Sarimanok
Sarimanok (papanok in feminine form): legendary bird of the Maranao people of Lanao del Sur, Mindanao, Philippines; a colorful okir bird holding a fish, symbol of fortune, nobility, and Philippine national culture.
Sarin
Sarin, also known as sarin gas, is a human-made organophosphate nerve agent, colorless and nearly odorless, developed in Germany in 1943 and banned as a Schedule 1 chemical weapon.
Sarina Hitz
Sarina Hitz, born 2000 in Mauren, Switzerland, is a Swiss rifle shooter and carpenter. Multiple ISSF World Championship medalist, 2023 Jakarta World Cup team gold, and 300 m prone team world record holder.