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An Ottoman court artist's impression of the Hungarian King John Sigismund Szapolyai (r. 1540-1551 CE; 1556-1570 CE) paying homage to the Ottoman Sultan Suleiman I the Magnificient (r. 1520-1566 CE), in 1556 CE at Zemun (part of modern-day...

Map of Asia Minor in the early 1st century CE with the Kingdom of Commagene as a Roman client state.

The Marriage of the Virgin painting by the Italian Renaissance artist Raphael (1483-1520 CE). Around 1504 CE. (Pinacoteca di Brera, Milan, Italy)

Chateau de Chambord, Loir-et-Cher, France. The chateau was built between 1519 and 1547 CE on the banks of the Cosson River, a tributary of the Loire.

Chateau de Chambord, Loir-et-Cher, France. The chateau was built between 1519 and 1547 CE.

Chateau de Chambord, Loir-et-Cher, France. The chateau was built between 1519 and 1547 CE.

Head of King Antiochus I of Commagene (r. 70 - c. 38 BCE) on the West Terrace of Mount Nemrut in southeastern Turkey.

Overview of the colossal heads on the West Terrace of Mount Nemrut, a tomb-sanctuary built by King Antiochus I Theos of Commagene in the 1st century BCE on one of the highest peaks of the Eastern Taurus mountain range in what is now south-eastern...

Head of Hercules-Artagnes-Ares on the western terrace of Mount Nemrut, a tomb-sanctuary built by King Antiochus I Theos of Commagene in the 1st century BCE on one of the highest peaks of the Eastern Taurus mountain range in what is now southeastern...

A c. 1545 CE portrait of the Italian Renaissance artist Michelangelo (1475-1564 CE) by Daniele da Volterra. (Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York)