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A May 1918 photograph of a German soldier inside the barrel of the massive Paris Gun, an artillery piece used in the Spring Offensive on the Western Front during the First World War (1914-18). Imperial War Museums, London.

Paris, son of Troy's King Priam and Hecuba, is wearing a Phrygian cap, the characteristic headgear of shepherds. According to the myth, an interpreter of dreams foretold that the child of Hecuba would bring the destruction of Troy and must...

The Ratification of the Treaty of Münster, oil on copper by Gerard ter Borch, 1648. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.

The cuneiform inscription on this clay tablets narrates the treaty between king Idmiri of Alalakh (Tell Atchana) and Pillia of Kizzuwatna (Cilicia). It concerns the capture and transportation of escaped slaves. There is also a reference to...

The signing of the Treaty of Ghent, Christmas Eve, 1814, ending the War of 1812 between the US and UK, oil on canvas painting by Amédée Forestier, 1914. Smithsonian American Art Museum.

This clay tablet mentions the details of the treaty between the Hittite king Suppiluliuma (Šuppiluliuma) I and the Haiasa (Haiaša) prince Hukkana. 13th century BCE (the tablet was originally written in the mid-14th century BCE), from Hattusa...

A clay tablet showing the treaty made by Zakutu (l. c. 728 - c. 668 BCE) on behalf of her grandson, the Assyrian king Ashurbanipal (r. 668-627 BCE). (British Museum, London)

The War of the Sixth Coalition (1813-1814), known in Germany as the Wars of Liberation, was the penultimate conflict of the Napoleonic Wars (1803-1815). The Sixth Coalition, which included Russia, Austria, Prussia, the United Kingdom, Sweden...

Menelaus (also Menelaos) is a figure from ancient Greek mythology and literature who was the king of Sparta and the husband of beautiful Helen, whose abduction by the Trojan prince Paris sparked off the legendary Trojan War. The story is...

The armistice that ended the First World War (1914-18) on the Western Front was signed between Germany and the Allies on 11 November 1918. The guns fell silent at 11:00 a.m. that day. The Allies, who included Britain, France, and the United...