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The Crusades: Causes & Goals
The Crusades were a series of military campaigns organised by Christian powers in order to retake Jerusalem and the Holy Land back from Muslim control. There would be eight officially sanctioned crusades between 1095 CE and 1270 CE and many...
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Holy Grail Tapestries: The Arming of the Knights
Holy Grail tapestries: The Arming of the Knights, tapestry in wool and silk designed by Edward Burne-Jones, William Morris, and John Henry Dearle, 1890.
Private Collection.
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Whispering Knights, Rollright Stones
Part of the Rollright Stones complex, the Whispering Knights, the remains of the burial chamber of a Middle to Late Neolithic portal dolmen, are estimated to date to between 3800 and 3000 BCE.
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Table 2 - Overview of the Greek Dark Age pottery styles
Overview of the different pottery styles found in Greece between 1050 BC to 700 BC.
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Table 1 - Chronology of the Greek Dark Age
Simplified chronology of the Greek Dark Age
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Peutinger Table segments I and II
Segments I and II of the Tabula Peutingeriana, an ancient Roman map showing the road network of the Roman Empire. Published in 1657 by Jan Janssonius (1588-1664) as part of his historical atlas.
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Sekomata (Liquid Measuring Table)
A sekomata used to measure standard quantities of liquids. From the agora of Piraeus. (Archaeological Museum, Piraeus)
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Dining Table & Porcelain
Three houses of similar design were originally constructed in 1832 CE at the Te Waimate Mission in the Bay of Islands, New Zealand. Only one house remains on site. This photo shows the dining area in one of the two main rooms on either side...
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Crusades
The Crusades were a series of military campaigns organised by popes and Christian western powers to take Jerusalem and the Holy Land back from Muslim control and then defend those gains. There were eight major official crusades between 1095...
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Medieval Heraldry
Heraldry, which is the use of inherited coats of arms and other symbols to show personal identity and family lineage, began on the mid-12th century CE battlefield as an easy means to identify medieval royalty and princes who were otherwise...