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Sennacherib (r. 705-681 BCE) was the second king of the Sargonid Dynasty of Assyria (founded by his father Sargon II, r. 722-705 BCE). He is one of the most famous Assyrian kings owing to the part he plays in narratives in the biblical...

The Hundred Days refers to the second reign of French Emperor Napoleon I, who unexpectedly returned from exile to reclaim the French throne. It encompasses Napoleon's triumphant return to Paris on 20 March 1815, his climactic defeat...

This Assyrian relief from the North-West Palace in Kalhu (c. 865-860 BCE) shows King Ashurnasirpal advancing on an enemy city, protected by a shield-bearer. Ahead is a wheeled siege engine, which carries more archers and contains...

Map depicting the Siege of Savannah, 16 September to 20 October 1779. Illustration from page 171 of the book British Battles on Land and Sea Vol. 2, by James Grant, London, 1873.

Siege of Charleston, South Carolina (29 March to 12 May 1780) during the American Revolutionary War, painting by Alonzo Chappel, 1862. Brown University, Providence.

The Americans storm the British position at redoubt 10 during the Siege of Yorktown (28 September to 19 October 1781). By Eugène Lami, 1840.

An early 17th-century illustration by Johann Jacob von Wallhausen showing the tactics of batteries of siege artillery to fire upon a specific point in the defensive fortifications.

Australian troops at the Siege of Tobruk (Apr-Dec 1941) in the Western Desert Campaigns in North Africa during the Second World War (1939-45). (Imperial War Museums)

An artist's rendition of what a siege attack may have looked like in the ancient world.

A photograph showing the aftermath of the Siege of Tobruk (1941) in the Western Desert Campaigns in North Africa during the Second World War (1939-45). (Imperial War Museums)