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argon
Chemical element, chemical symbol Ar, atomic number 18. Colorless, odorless, and tasteless, it is the most abundant of the noble gases on earth, and the one most used in industry. It constitutes about 1% of air and is obtained by distillation of liquid air. Argon provides an inert gas shield in welding and brazing, in special lightbulbs and lasers, in Geiger counters, and in the production and fabrication of certain metals. Because it is formed by decay of a naturally occurring radioactive potassium isotope, it can be used to date rocks and samples over 100,000 years old.


Sargon
Ancient Mesopotamian ruler. What is known of him comes from legends and tales; his capital city, Agade, has never been located. Perhaps originally a royal cupbearer, he came to prominence by defeating a Sumerian king, thereby attaining an empire in S Mesopotamia and becoming the first emperor whose native tongue was Akkadian rather than Sumerian. He enlarged the empire from Iraq to Anatolia, and trade flourished with the Indus valley, Oman, the Persian Gulf coast, Cappadocia, and the Mediterranean.


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Assyrian king (721-705 BC). He continued the empire-building work of his father, Tiglath-pileser III. One of his aims was to prove the might of the Assyrian god Ashur by enlarging the empire he had inherited. His conquests ranged from S Babylonia to Armenia to the Mediterranean. He probably died in battle in NW Persia. His son, Sennacherib, succeeded him.

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