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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...

Rath & Wright's Buffalo Hide Yard in Dodge City, Kansas, showing 40,000 buffalo hides. According to eyewitness accounts, such as those of Old Lady Horse of the Kiowa Nation, this became a common sight...

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

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

Alabaster bas-relief depicting Assyrian archers attacking a city. Neo-Assyrian Period, 865-860 BCE. Detail of Panel 4 (bottom), Room B, the North-Palace Palace, Nimrud, modern-day Iraq. (The British Museum, London...

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...

Alabaster bas-relief showing a massive and progressive Assyrian assault on a city. Neo-Assyrian Period, 865-860 BCE. Detail of Panel 4 (bottom), Room B, the North-Palace Palace, Nimrud, modern-day Iraq. (The British...

Head of the Aztec god Xolotl. Collection of National Anthropological Museum, Mexico City.

US General Winfield Scott occupies Mexico City on 14 September 1847 at the end of the Mexican-American War (1846-1848). By Carl Nebel, 1851. New York Public Library.