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Modern Bridge of Lodi, over the Adda River
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Modern Bridge of Lodi, over the Adda River

The modern bridge of Lodi that crosses the Adda River. Though this bridge was built in 1864, it gives a sense of what the original bridge may have looked like, which the French Army of Italy had to cross during the Battle of Lodi on 10 May...
Rowers on the Yerres River by Caillebotte
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Rowers on the Yerres River by Caillebotte

An 1877 oil on canvas, Rowers on the Yerres River (aka The Oarsmen), by Gustave Caillebotte (1848-96) the French impressionist painter. The artists here gives a powerful impression of the effort required to row. (Private Collection)
Nesting Least Terns on Missouri River
Image by Robert Etzel

Nesting Least Terns on Missouri River

A nesting least tern pair in the sandbar habitat on the Missouri River below Gavins Point Dam. Yankton, South Dakota, USA. Photograph and caption by Robert Etzel. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Digital Library.
Danube River
Image by JC Kole

Danube River

Danube River delta in Romania.
Oxus River
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Oxus River

Map of the Oxus' / Amu Darya's watershed in Central Asia, that drains parts of modern-day Afghanistan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, and Tajikistan into the Aral Sea.
Inscribed Giant River-worn Pebble
Image by Osama Shukir Muhammed Amin

Inscribed Giant River-worn Pebble

The cuneiform inscriptions mention that Enannatum, king of Lagash, reminds the gods of his prolific temple building achievements in the city of Lagash. From Girsu (modern-day Tell Telloh, Dhi-Qar Governorate, Iraq), Mesopotamia. Early dynastic...
Treskavac Mountain, River Danube
Image by Dimitrij Mlekuz

Treskavac Mountain, River Danube

The Treskavac cliff on the left bank of the Danube (Romania) overlooking the prehistoric site of Lepenski Vir.
Gracchi Brothers
Definition by Donald L. Wasson

Gracchi Brothers

Tiberius Sempronius Gracchus (c. 163-133 BCE) and his younger brother Gaius (c. 154-121 BCE) were tribunes of the plebs in the Roman Republic. Serving in 133 BCE, Tiberius introduced a land reform but was beaten to death after his term. Eleven...
Sulla
Definition by Donald L. Wasson

Sulla

Lucius Cornelius Sulla (138-78 BCE) was a ruthless military commander, who first distinguished himself in the Numidian War under the command of Gaius Marius. His relationship with Marius soured during the conflicts that would follow and lead...
Ganges
Definition by Mark Cartwright

Ganges - The Sacred Hindu River

The River Ganges, also known as the Ganga, flows 2,700 km from the Himalaya mountains to the Bay of Bengal in northern India and Bangladesh. Regarded as sacred by Hindus, the river is personified as the goddess Ganga in ancient texts and...
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