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Robert Surcouf
A statue of the French privateer Robert Surcouf (active 1794-1810), Saint-Malo, France. Sculpted by Alfred Caravanniez.
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Robert I of Scotland & Isabel of Mar
A mid-16th century CE manuscript illustration showing Robert the Bruce, King of Scotland (r. 1306-1329 CE) and his first wife Isabel of Mar (d. c. 1296 CE). (National Library of Scotland, Edinburgh)
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Robert Boyle by Kerseboom
A 1689 portrait by Johann Kerseboom of Robert Boyle (1627-1691), the Anglo-Irish chemist, physicist, and experimental philosopher. (Science History Institute, Philadelphia)
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Robert Schumann's Birthplace
A lithographic print of the house where the composer Robert Schumann (1810-1856) was born in Zwickau, Saxony, Germany. The house is today a museum dedicated to the composer.
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Robert E. Lee, 1838
Robert E. Lee (1807-1870) in uniform as a lieutenant in the US Army Corps of Engineers, portrait by William Edward West, 1838.
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Robert & Clara Schumann
An 1847 lithograph by Eduard Kaiser of the German composer Robert Schumann (1810-1856) and his wife, also a composer and concert pianist, Clara Schumann (1819-96).
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Robert E. Lee, circa 1851
Portrait of Robert E. Lee (1807-1870) taken by Mathew Brady in 1851, about ten years before the American Civil War (1861-1865).
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Alexios I Komnenos
Alexios I Komnenos (Alexius Comnenus) was emperor of the Byzantine Empire from 1081 to 1118 CE. Regarded as one of the great Byzantine rulers, Alexios defeated the Normans, the Pechenegs, and, with the help of the First Crusaders, the Seljuks...
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Mycenaean Society
Mycenaean society was strictly hierarchical, valued family lineage, and awarded higher social status to those involved with religious or military activities and palatial administration. The lower classes contained craftsmen and artisans who...
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Kaupang
Kaupang was a Norwegian Viking Age town with a seasonal emporium established around c. 780 CE and abandoned around c. 950 CE. Kaupang is located on the western side of Oslofjord (Viksfjord) in what is the present-day southeastern county Vestfold...