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Nikephoros II Phokas was Byzantine emperor from 963 to 969 CE. Known as “White Death of the Saracens,” Nikephoros was a fearsome commander who conquered Crete, Cilicia, and much of Syria. While he is known as a great military commander, he...

The Duchy of Athens was a Latin or Frankish state in Greece that existed from 1205 to 1458 CE. It was created in the aftermath of the Fourth Crusade (1202-1204 CE) and would be ruled for the majority of its history by the Burgundian de la...

Oheka Castle, built by the industrialist Otto Herman Kahn (l. 1867-1934), is one of the best-known luxury hotels of Long Island, NY, USA today. In its time as a private residence, it was the site of the kind of lavish parties which inspired...

Polynesian navigation of the Pacific Ocean and its settlement began thousands of years ago. The inhabitants of the Pacific islands had been voyaging across vast expanses of ocean water sailing in double canoes or outriggers using nothing...

A photograph of the German general Erich von Manstein (1887-1973), shown on the left, after the Siege of Sevastopol in 1941-2 during the Second World War (1939-45). The port in the Crimea was captured by Axis forces commanded by Manstein...

Statue of Argula von Grumbach (l. 1490 to c. 1564), Bavarian theologian and writer, by Mihai Buculei in Beratzhausen.

An 1885 oil-on-carton portrait by Hermann von Kaulbach of the Austrian composer Anton Bruckner (1824-96). (Oberösterreichische Landesmuseen)

A 1939 photograph of the German general Günther von Kluge (1882-1944). (German Federal Archives)

Woodcut print of Ulrich von Hutten (l. 1488-1523) from c. 1522 depicting the poet-knight who encouraged the Knights' Revolt of 1522-1523.

Portrait of Count Dagobert Sigmund von Wurmser (1724-1797), an Austrian field marshal best known for leading armies against Napoleon Bonaparte during the French Revolutionary Wars. Engraving by an unknown artist, 1778-1793. Österreichische...