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Martyrdom of the Seven Maccabee Brothers and Their Mother
Martyrdom of the Seven Maccabee Brothers and Their Mother, stained glass by Dirck Vellert, Antwerp, c. 1530-35.
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.
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Rome: A History in Seven Sackings
Rome: A History in Seven Sackings by Matthew Kneale.
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The Dutch Discovery of Australia
17th-century Dutch East India Company (Vereenigde Oostindische Compagnie or VOC) navigators were the first Europeans to set foot on Australian soil. Although there is a strong theory that the Portuguese explorer, Cristóvão de Mendonça (1475-1532...
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Marco Polo
Marco Polo (1254-1324 CE) was a Venetian merchant and explorer who travelled to China and served the Mongol ruler Kublai Khan (l. 1214-1294 CE) between c. 1275 and 1292 CE. Polo's adventures are recounted in his own writings, The Travels...
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Seven Mesopotamian Agate Duck-weights
These weights are in the range of 8.7 to 24.7 grams, roughly between 1 and 3 Babylonian shekels. Weights had been made in this characteristic duck-shape since around 2000 BCE. From Southern Mesopotamia, Iraq. Circa 700-500 BCE. (The British...
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Seven Books of History Against the Pagans
Orosius' (5th century CE) Historiae adversus paganos, 1561 CE edition. Available in the BEIC digital library.
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The Seven Years War & the Great Awakening
In which John Green teaches you about the beginnings of the American Revolution in a video titled The Seven Years War. Confusing? Maybe. John argues that the Seven Years War, which is often called the French and Indian War in the US, laid...
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The Seven Years War: Crash Course World History #26
In which John teaches you about the Seven Years War, which may have lasted nine years. Or as many as 23. It was a very confusing was. The Seven Years War was a global war, fought on five continents, which is kind of a lot. John focuses on...
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Feature History - Seven Years' War
Hello and welcome to Feature History, featuring the Seven Years' War, an overdue video, and the reason you don't record after just waking up. The credit for this video goes to Feature History's employee of the month, me, for the art...
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Seven Years' War - Summary on a Map
Let's retrace on an animated map a summary of the Seven Years' War, often called World War Zero.