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Graf Zeppelin's Round the World Trip of 1929
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Graf Zeppelin's Round the World Trip of 1929

The Graf Zeppelin was the most successful of all Zeppelin airships, making several hundred trips across the Atlantic between Europe and the Americas. In 1929, a new age of air travel dawned when the Graf...
Sassanian Kings List & Commentary
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Sassanian Kings List & Commentary

The Sassanian Empire (224-651) was the greatest expression of Persian culture in the ancient world. It was consciously modeled on the earlier Achaemenid Empire (c. 550-330 BCE) which established Persian supremacy...
Ravel: Bolero - Claudio Abbado
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Ravel: Bolero - Claudio Abbado

Provided to YouTube by Universal Music Group Ravel: Boléro, M. 81 · London Symphony Orchestra · Claudio Abbado · Maurice Ravel Ravel: Boléro; Ma Mère l'Oye; Rapsodie espagnole; Pavane pour une infante défunte...
Jean-Jacques Rousseau Portrait
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Jean-Jacques Rousseau Portrait

A pastel portrait by Maurice Quentin de La Tour of the Swiss philosopher Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712-1778). (Musée Antoine-Lécuyer, Saint-Quentin, France)
Portrait of Voltaire (1735)
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Portrait of Voltaire (1735)

A portrait by the French painter, Maurice Quentin de La Tour of François-Marie Arouet or Voltaire (1694-1778 CE), the French philosopher and historian. It was finished in 1735. The portrait was done in Rococo style using...
Émilie du Châtelet
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Émilie du Châtelet

An 18th-century portrait by Maurice Quentin de La Tour of Gabrielle Émilie, Marquise du Châtelet (1706-1749), the French scientist and translator. (Château de Breteuil, France)
Signing of the 1918 Armistice
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Signing of the 1918 Armistice

A coloured illustration by Maurice Pillard Verneuil of the signing of the Armistice between the Allies, represented by their overall military commander Marshal Foch (standing on the right), and Germany on 11 November...
Infantry of Napoleon's Grande Armee
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Infantry of Napoleon's Grande Armee

Infantry of Napoleon's Grande Armée during the 1812 Russian campaign. By Maurice Henri Orange, 1896. New York Public Library
Ravel's Villa
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Ravel's Villa

The villa La Belvedere, just outside Paris in Montfort-l’Amaury. It was lived in from 1921 by the composer Maurice Ravel (1875-1937).
Carthage
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Carthage

Carthage was a Phoenician city-state on the coast of North Africa (the site of modern-day Tunis) which, prior the conflict with Rome known as the Punic Wars (264-146 BCE), was the largest, most affluent, and powerful political entity...
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