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Map of India in the Vedic Age, 1500 BCE-500 BCE - Indo-Aryan Cultures in Northern India
The Vedic Age (c. 1500-500 BCE) marks a formative period in the history of the northern Indian subcontinent, bridging the decline of the Indus Valley Civilization (c. 1300...
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Talleyrand as Grand Chamberlain, 1807
Portrait of Charles-Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord as Grand Chamberlain of the French Empire, oil on canvas by Pierre-Paul Prud'hon, 1807.
Musée Carnavalet, Paris.
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Talleyrand as an Old Man, 1828
A portrait of Charles-Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord in his twilight years, oil on canvas by Ary Scheffer, 1828.
Musée Condé, Chantilly.
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Map of Spanish Main & West Indies c.1720 - Treasure Fleets and Imperial Competition in the 18th Century
During the 18th century, the Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico formed one of the most strategically contested regions of the Atlantic world. Initially dominated...
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The Amphitheater of Caesarea Maritima
As Caesarea Maritima was a center of sporting events in the Mediterranean world, Herod the Great assigned this building to host games every five years, which likely included wrestling, boxing matches, gymnastic...
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Caratacus Paraded in a Roman Triumph
Caractacus Led in Triumph Through Rome, lithographic print by John Linnell the Younger after the cartoon by George Frederick Watts, 1847. Caratacus (or Caractacus) was a Briton chieftain who made war against the...
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Caratacus, Chieftain of the Catuvellauni
Caractacus, illustration by William Callis Roffe after the statue by John Henry Foley, 1860. Roffe's illustration captures Foley's heroic representation of Caratacus (or Caractacus), the Briton chieftain who...
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Siege of Khartoum
A still shot from the MGM-United Artists film Khartoum (1966) showing the siege of Khartoum in 1884-5 during the Mahdist War (1881-99)
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Khartoum, 1888
An illustration showing the Sudanese capital Khartoum in 1888 during the Mahdist War (1881-99).
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Khartoum's Defences, 1884-5
A map showing the natural and manmade defences of Khartoum during the siege of Khartoum in 1884-5 during the Mahdist War (1881-99).
