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Illumination from Christine de Pizan's The Book of the City of Ladies (1405 CE). Bibliothèque nationale de France, Fr.607, f.2

This relief was part of Sargon II's throne, from Throne Hall VII of the Royal Palace of Sargon II at Khorsabad, in modern-day Nineveh Governorate, Iraq. Circa 710 BCE. The Assyrian king, Sargon II, stands in his royal...

The Arrival of George Washington at New York City, April 30, 1789, oil on canvas by Arsène-Hippolyte Rivey, 1870. New York Historical Society.

Artist's depiction of a Medieval army approaching a city under siege. From the game Old World.

Map of the Old City of Jerusalem.

This is a general view of the ruins of the ancient city of Babylon, in modern-day Babel Governorate, Iraq.

The facade of the National Palace in Mexico City, once seat of the viceroy of New Spain when part of the Spanish Empire.

A section of the Roman city-wall of Empuries, Spain. 1st century BCE. The base of the wall was made using calcareous rock while the upper portion is of Roman concrete (opus caementicium).

Alabaster bas-relief depicting Shalmaneser III, Ashurnasirpal II’s son, attacking a city. Neo-Assyrian Period, 865-860 BCE. Detail of Panel 4 (bottom), Room B, the North-Palace Palace, Nimrud, modern-day...

Alabaster bas-relief depicting an attack on a city by the Assyrian army. Detail of Panel 5 (bottom), Room B, the North-Palace Palace, Nimrud, modern-day Iraq, Neo-Assyrian Empire, 865-860 BCE. The British Museum, London...