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General Scott Enters 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.
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City Under Siege
Artist's impression of an army in front of a large city wall, most likely during Late Antiquity or the early Middle Ages. While this does not depict any specific event, the walls may represent the Theodosian Walls of Constantinople...
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Slave Market in Wall Street, New York City, c. 1730
Slave market in Wall Street, New York City, c. 1730. Drawing published in A History of the American People (1902-1903), attributed to Harry Fenn.
New York Public Library Digital Collections.
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Crown Prince Shalmaneser III Attacks a City
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...
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Assyrian Archers Attacking a City
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...
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The Book of the City of Ladies
Illumination from Christine de Pizan's The Book of the City of Ladies (1405 CE).
Bibliothèque nationale de France, Fr.607, f.2
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City of Sirkap
A view of the main street of Sirkap, the second city of Taxila
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Capture of the Elamite city of Din-Sharri
This alabaster bas relief was part of a large wall relief that depicts the military campaign of Ashurbanipal against the Elamite city of Din-sharri. The relief shows an Assyrian soldier leading a captured woman...
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The Arrival of George Washington at New York City, April 30, 1789
The Arrival of George Washington at New York City, April 30, 1789, oil on canvas by Arsène-Hippolyte Rivey, 1870.
New York Historical Society.
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Mallas Defending the City of Kushinagara
The Mallas defending the city of Kushinagara (detail from the “War over the Buddha’s Relics” image given below). Significance: It shows close details of a siege in progress, during the period of Ajatashatru...