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The Julio-Claudian Dynasty, The Rise of Imperial Rome - From Augustus to Nero - Rome's First Imperial Family
The Julio-Claudian dynasty (27 BCE–68 CE) oversaw the establishment and consolidation of the Roman Empire following the political crises and civil wars that...
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Map of the Taifa Kingdoms of Iberia, 1031–1086 - Al-Andalus between Córdoba and the Almoravids
The first taifa period followed the collapse of Umayyad authority in al-Andalus. The Umayyad Emirate of Córdoba (756–929) had become the Caliphate of Córdoba (929–1031...
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Map of the American Revolutionary War, 1775–1783 - Campaigns, Battles & Naval Power in the War for Independence
The American Revolutionary War or American War of Independence (1775–1783) began as a crisis within the British Empire and developed into a war for sovereignty...
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Title Page of Georgius Agricola's De Re Metallica
Title page of Georgius Agricola's De re metallica, woodcut print, 1561.
National Library of Medicine, Bethesda.
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Great Trek Relief Sculpture
A detail of a relief sculpture by Peter Kirchhoff depicting the Great Trek of the 1830s, when Boers in Southern Africa migrated northwards away from British-controlled territory in order ot establish new independent settlements...
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Map of the First Anglo-Boer War, 1880–1881 - Resistance, Imperial Overreach & the Limits of British Power
The First Anglo-Boer War (1880-1881) emerged from growing tensions following the British annexation of the South African Republic (Transvaal) in 1877 during...
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Fortified Village, Boer War
A local village fortified by the British during the Boer War (1899-1902). Photograph by William Skeoch Cumming.
Imperial War Museums, London
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Machine Gun, Boer War
British soldiers training in the use of a machine gun during the Boer War (1899-1902), photograph by William Skeoch Cumming, c. 1900.
Imperial War Museums, London.
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African Spy, Boer War
An African spy and his wife during the Boer War (1899-1902). Local Africans were used to gain military intelligence by both the Boers and the British during the conflict. Photograph by William Skeoch Cumming. Imperial War...
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Ambulance Wagon, Boer War
A British ambulance wagon during the Boer War (1899-1902).
Imperial War Museums, London.
