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Portuguese Goa
Goa, located on the west coast of India, was a Portuguese colony from 1510 to 1961. The small coastal area was conquered by Afonso de Albuquerque (c. 1453-1515) and became an important trade hub for the Eastern spice trade. Goa was the capital...
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10 Myths of the Alamo - How Did Davy Die?
The 13-day siege and Battle of the Alamo, 23 February to 6 March 1836, is among the most famous in American history, but, like any such event, it has inspired several myths, many accepted as historical fact. Disney's Davy Crockett miniseries...
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Brennus
Brennus (c. 390 BCE) was the Gallic war chief of the Senones who sacked and occupied Rome in 390 BCE. Nothing is known of him outside of the accounts given of this event which immortalized him as coining the phrase, “Woe to the Vanquished”...
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Siege of Lachish in 3D (British Museum)
CyArk partnered with the British Museum to document a large portion of the Assyrian Collection over a 3 day period in August of 2014. The goal of the project was not only to digitize the collection but to re-visualize the collection. In...
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The Siege of Constantinople
A fresco depicting the siege of Constantinople in the 7th century CE, although the presence of canons clearly indicate it is based on the final and fatal siege of the city in 1453 CE. From the Church of Moldovita, Romania.
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Siege of Lille, 1792
Depiction of the Siege of Lille from 24 September to 8 October 1792 by the Austrian army during the War of the First Coalition. The siege was lifted at the approach of French General Dumouriez's Army of the North, and the Austrians retreated...
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Siege of Dunkirk and Battle of Hondschoote, August-September 1793
Map depicting the Siege of Dunkirk and Battle of Hondschoote, between an Anglo-Hanoverian force commanded by the Duke of York and Marshal Freytag, and an army of the French Republic led by Jean-Nicolas Houchard and Jean-Baptiste Jourdan...
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Babylonian City under Assyrian Siege
Assyrian relief showing a siege, from the Central Palace at Nimrud (ancient Kalhu), Mesopotamia, Iraq. Date palms indicate that the city, most of which was on an adjacent slab, was probably Babylonia. The Assyrians have built a siege ramp...
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Provincial Troops at the Siege of Louisbourg, 1745
The Siege of Louisbourg, painting by Domenick d’Andrea and Rick Reeves. Depicted here are New England provincial soldiers at the 1745 Siege of Louisbourg during King George's War (1744-1748). National Guard Bureau, Historical Services Branch...
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Siege of Atlanta
Siege of Atlanta, lithographic print by L. Prang & Co. from a work of Thure de Thulstrup, c. 1888. Depicted here is Major General William Tecumseh Sherman observing the field at the siege of Atlanta, part of the Atlanta Campaign in the American...