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Battle of Omdurman by Sutherland
A lithographic print by A. Sutherland showing the early stages of the Battle of Omdurman on 2 September 1898. The battle in the Sudan was between an Anglo-Egyptian-Sudanese army and the Mahdist State. The former won...
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Kitchener as Sirdar of the Egyptian Army
A portrait of General Herbert Kitchener (1850-1916), who was Sirdar of the Egyptian Army from 1892. In this capacity, Kitchener led an Anglo-Egyptian-Sudanese army into Sudan and won the battle of Omdurman...
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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)
