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Bison-Dance of the Mandan Natives
Bison-Dance of the Mandan Indians in front of their Medecine Lodge. In Mih-Tutta-Hankush, illustration by Karl Bodmer from the book Maximilian, Prince of Wied's Travels in the Interior of North America, during the years 1832–1834. DeGolyer...

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Funeral Scaffold of a Sioux Chief near Fort Pierre
Funeral Scaffold of a Sioux Chief near Fort Pierre, aquatint on paper by Karl Bodmer, plate 11 from Volume 2 of Maximilian, Prince of Wied's Travels in the Interior of North America, 1844.

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Zwingli Preaching
Maximilian Simonischek as Huldrych Zwingli (1484-1531) in the movie Zwingli (2019).
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Cover: Strange Brethren: Refugees, Religious Bonds, and Reformation in Frankfurt, 1554-1608
The cover of Strange Brethren: Refugees, Religious Bonds, and Reformation in Frankfurt, 1554-1608 by Professor Maximilian Miguel Scholz. (Association of University Presses)

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William the Silent
William the Silent (l. 1533-1584, also known as William of Orange) was the leader of the Dutch Revolt (the Eighty Years' War) in the Netherlands; first politically (between 1559-1568) then militarily (between 1568-1584). He is among the most...

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Knights' Revolt
The Knight’s Revolt (1522-1523) was a military action led by the German imperial knight Franz von Sickingen (l. 1481-1523) and encouraged by the knight and writer Ulrich von Hutten (l. 1488-1523) launched to restore the status of the imperial...

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Battle of Stalingrad - The Destruction of Germany's Sixth Army
The Battle of Stalingrad (now Volgograd, July 1942 to February 1943) was an attempt by Adolf Hitler (1889-1945) to control the USSR's access to the Caucasus oil fields. Fierce street-fighting by the Soviet Red Army saw the city withstand...

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Homo Heidelbergensis & Early Neanderthal Fossil Sites
Map showing fossil sites of Homo heidelbergensis and early Neanderthals.

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Map of Bronze Age Akrotiri
Map of Akrotiri in the Bronze Age, ca. 1600 BC.

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Poverty Point
Map of the Poverty Point archaeological site, Louisiana.