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Georgia's Ordinance of Secession
The Ordinance of Secession of the US state of Georgia, declared in January 1861 during the American Civil War.
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Amphibious Assault, Guam
The US amphibious assault during the Battle of Guam in the Mariana Islands, which took place in July and August 1944 during the Pacific War of the Second World War (1939-45).
Imperial War Museums, London.
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US Marines & Dogs, Guam
US Marines and their trained dogs during the Battle of Guam, in the Mariana Islands, which took place in July and August 1944 during the Pacific War of the Second World War (1939-45). Dogs were used in the Pacific War to...
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Guam Operation, 1944
The Battle of Guam, in the Mariana Islands, which took place in July and August 1944 during the Pacific War of the Second World War (1939-45). Photograph by Ohman, July 1944.
National Archives.
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Map of the Allied Pacific Counteroffensive, 1942–1945 - WWII's Pacific War
From mid-1942, the Allied war against Japan shifted from containing expansion to sustained counteroffensive. The Battle of the Coral Sea (May 1942) checked the seaborne advance toward...
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The Royal House of Windsor in Britain - Rebranding the Crown - From Saxe-Coburg to Windsor
The House of Windsor represents the modern phase in the long dynastic evolution of the British monarchy, reflecting how royal identity adapted to political pressure, public...
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12 Ancient Scripts We Still Cannot Read - Undeciphered Scripts & Lost Languages of the Ancient World
Throughout history, writing and other recording systems allowed societies to preserve information about administration, trade, religion, and political life. Many...
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Map of the Travels of Leo Africanus, c. 1509–1518 - Africa, Trade and Empires in the Early 16th Century
The travels of Leo Africanus (al-Hasan ibn Muhammad al-Wazzan al-Fāsī, c. 1494–c. 1554) illuminate the political, commercial, and cultural connections of early...
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Baroque Five Course Guitar
Five course guitar by Matteo Sellas, Venice, Italy c. 1630 to c. 1650. The five course guitar featured five double courses of gut strings, and often a decorative rose placed in the sound hole as well as a vaulted back...
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Map of the Sultanate of Rum & Anatolia, c. 1200 - From Manzikert to Köse Dağ - Seljuk Expansion and Fall
The Seljuk Sultanate of Rum (1077–1308) emerged amid the political fragmentation of Anatolia following the Great Seljuk victory over the Byzantine Empire at...
