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An Illustrated Map of the Mediterranean from 700 BCE to 500 CE (From the Novel "The Jericho River")
An illustrated map of the Mediterranean from 700 BCE to 500 CE. From the novel The Jericho River by David Tollen.
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An Illustrated Map of Medieval and Early Modern Europe (From the Novel "The Jericho River")
An illustrated map of medieval and early modern Europe. From the novel The Jericho River by David Tollen.
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A Map of the Ancient Fertile Crescent (From the Novel The Jericho River)
An illustrated map of the ancient Fertile Crescent, 3500-500 BCE. From the novel The Jericho River by David Tollen.
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Battle of New Orleans
A 1910 print by Edward Percy Moran of the Battle of New Orleans. On 8 January 1815, the U.S forces, commanded by General Andrew Jackson, successfully defended the city against an attack by a British force. (Library of Congress...
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Lord Byron
A detail of a c. 1835 portrait by Thomas Phillips of Lord Byron (1788-1824) wearing Albanian clothing. (National Portrait Gallery, London)
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The Lafitte Brothers in Dominique You's Bar
A c. 1821 painting attributed to John Welsey Jarvis of the pirate brothers Pierre and Jean Lafitte (also spelt Laffite, c. 1780-1820/26) who operated in the Gulf of Mexico from 1810 to 1820. (Louisiana State...
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Portrait of Jean Lafitte
A 19th-century portrait of the Franco-American pirate and privateer Jean Lafitte (c. 1780 - c. 1821). (Rosenberg Library, Galveston, Texas)
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Tepe Sialk, Iran
Tepe Sialk is an archeological site (a tepe, "hill, tell") near Kashan in central Iran consisting of two hills with six main phases of occupation. The oldest settlements in Sialk date to around 6000–5500 BCE while the ziggurat...
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View of Meybod from Narin Castle, Iran
Meybod is a desert city in the Yazd Province of Iran. It is an ancient city that goes back to the pre-Islamic era. In its stands Narin Castle, a mud-brick fort said to date from the time of the Achaemenids, although...
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Naqsh-e Jahan Square, Isfahan
Naqsh-e Jahan Square is a public urban square situated at the centre of Isfahan in Iran. Constructed by Shah Abbas I the Great at the beginning of the 17th century CE, it is now an important historical site and one...
