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The gatehouse of the now-ruined Donnington Castle, Berkshire, England. It was built in 1386. The castle hosted Royalist artillery during the indecisive Second Battle of Newbury in October 1644 during the English Civil Wars (1642-51).

A portrait of Edward Montagu, Earl of Manchester (1602-1671). Manchester commanded one of the main armies of the Parliamentarians during the English Civil Wars (1642-51) until he was discredited for his performance in the indecisive Second...

Excavations at the Neolithic settlement of Çatalhöyük, Turkey.

Alexander Pushkin, Russian writer (1799-1837); oil on canvas painting by Orest Kiprensky, 1827. Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow.

Knyaz's Court, oil on canvas by Vasily Surikov, 1874. Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow.

Kateryna, oil on canvas painting by Taras Shevchenko, 1842. Taras Shevchenko National Museum, Kyiv.

A map illustrating the flourishing English trade with Europe during the reign of Queen Elizabeth I of England (r. 1558-1603). Following the abolishment of the Hanseatic merchants' Baltic monopoly, access to a new commodities market in Amsterdam...

The ruined gatehouse of Donnington Castle, Berkshire England. Built in 1386, the castle played an important role in the indecisive Second Battle of Newbury in October 1644 during the English Civil Wars (1642-51).

The troop dispositions of the Royalists (red) and Parliamentarians (blue) at the indecisive Second Battle of Newbury in October 1644 during the English Civil Wars (1642-51). (1844 illustration by Walter Money)

Bucrania or bull's horn decorations were installed in some of the houses of the Neolithic proto-city, Ҫatalhöyük, in central Turkey, inhabited between c. 7400 and c. 5600 BCE.