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Selim III (r. 1789-1807 CE) watching the parade of his new army, the Nizam-ı Cedid (New Order) troops, in 1793 CE.

Depicted here in a 1922 CE oil painting, the Turkish capture of Smyrna now Izmir (known as the Liberation of Izmir in Turkish) on 9 September 1922 CE, following the successful Great Smyrna Offensive which effectively sealed the Turkish victory...

A painting of Sultan Selim I (r. 1512-1520 CE) during the Egypt campaign (1516-1517 CE). (Source: Army Museum, Istanbul).

A statue of the navigator and explorer Captain James Cook (1728-79 CE), Whitby, England.

At the top of the Lindos Acropolis, on the island of Rhodes, are the ruins of the 4th century BCE temple, dedicated to the goddess Athena Lindia, as well as the propylaea, monumental colonnade, entrance to the religious complex.

The 'Peasant Wedding Dance', a painting by Pieter Brueghel the Younger, c. 1610 CE. (Louvre Museum, Paris)

A detail of a c. 1512 CE painting by Mathias Grunewald showing a man suffering from St. Anthony's fire (ergotism). 'Temptation of St. Anthony'. (Unterlinden Museum, Colmar, France)

Göbekli Tepe is a c. 12,000-year-old archaeological site in Anatolia, Turkey. The site chronology is divided into three levels, Layer I being the youngest and Layer III the oldest and deepest. Layer III is also the most sophisticated level...

Göbekli Tepe is a c. 12,000-year-old archaeological site in Anatolia, Turkey. One characteristic feature of the site is the abundance of monumental stone pillars, often arranged in a circle and elaborately decorated in many cases. This...

Area surrounding the site of Göbekli Tepe, Turkey. The archaeological site of Göbekli Tepe dates back to the end of the last Ice Age, 12,000 years ago, and was discovered in 1995 CE. It is the world's oldest example of monumental architecture...