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Throne Dais of Shalmaneser III [South-West Re-entrant, W. Face]
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Throne Dais of Shalmaneser III [South-West Re-entrant, W. Face]

This scene is part of a long tributary one where the Shalmaneser III (r. 858-824 BCE) receives Chaldean tribute from Musallim-Marduk, son of Ukani. This is the end of the procession. The...
Throne Dais of Shalmaneser III [North Face, West End]
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Throne Dais of Shalmaneser III [North Face, West End]

This scene is part of a long tributary one where Shalmaneser III (r. 858 - 824 BCE) receives tribute from Qalparunda (c. mid 9th Century BCE) of the Land of Unqi (a Luwian Syri-Hittite state, also...
Throne Dais of Shalmaneser III [North Face, West End]
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Throne Dais of Shalmaneser III [North Face, West End]

This scene is part of a long tributary one where Shalmaneser III (r. 858-824 BCE) receives tribute from Qalparunda (c. mid 9th Century BCE) of the Land of Unqi (a Luwian Syri-Hittite state, also...
Throne Dais of Shalmaneser III [North-West Re-entrant, W. Face]
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Throne Dais of Shalmaneser III [North-West Re-entrant, W. Face]

This scene is part of a long tributary one where Shalmaneser III (r. 858-824 BCE) receives tribute from Qalparunda of the Land of Unqi (a Luwian Syri-Hittite state, also known as Pattin...
Tomb of Payava, West Side
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Tomb of Payava, West Side

This relief, which is seen on the south side of the Payava Tomb, depicts a seated Persian, apparently a satrap or governor, with attendent figures. The inscriptions in Lycian probably mention the name of the satrap as...
West View of Bamburgh Castle
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West View of Bamburgh Castle

Western view of Bamburgh Castle. Bamburgh was originally built as a fort in the 5th Century CE and a castle was built on the site by the Normans at the turn of the 11th Century CE. The castle was besieged twice by forces...
King George's War
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King George's War - When New England Colonists Captured A Powerful French Fort

King George's War (1744-1748) was the third great colonial conflict fought in North America between Great Britain and France, each side aided by their respective Native American...
Bartolomé de Las Casas
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Bartolomé de Las Casas

Bartolomé de Las Casas (1484-1566) was a Spanish Dominican friar and former conquistador who revealed the atrocities of the conquests of New Spain and Peru and who strove to protect the basic rights of indigenous peoples...
Audiencia
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Audiencia

An audiencia began as a judicial institution in medieval Spain, but in the 16th century, it was applied as the highest form of local government in key cities of the Spanish Empire. An audiencia had a panel of judges made responsible...
Kingdom of Benin
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Kingdom of Benin

The Kingdom of Benin, located in the southern forests of West Africa (modern Nigeria) and formed by the Edo people, flourished from the 13th to 19th century CE. The capital, also called Benin, was the hub of a trade network exclusively...
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