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Assyrian Siege Warfare
Artist's impression of an Assyrian siege. The Assyrian Empire laid siege to many cities using machinery such as siege towers, vividly depicted in the palace reliefs of Nineveh. Created by Amplitude Studios for the video game...
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American Revolutionary War
The American Revolutionary War (1775-1783), or the American War of Independence, was a conflict between Great Britain and its 13 North American colonies, who declared independence as the United States of America. Initially...
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Battle of the Alamo - The Fall of Heroes
Of all the battles of the Texas Revolution, the Battle of the Alamo (6 March 1836) is the most famous. It is not only among the best-known and most widely studied in American history but also around the world...
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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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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...
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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...
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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 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...
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Siege of Maastricht, 1793
Siege of Maastricht by a French Republican army under General Miranda, February-March 1793 during the War of the First Coalition. The siege was abandoned at the approach of an Austrian army, leading to the Battle of Neerwinden...
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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...