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The Schlieffen Plan was Germany's strategic plan for a two-front war against France and Russia. Conceived in 1905 by Count Alfred von Schlieffen, Chief of the German General Staff, it aimed to achieve a...

The limestone Stela of Shamshi-Adad V. Neo-Assyrian, 815-811 BCE. The king is shown giving a gesture of blessing before five divine symbols: Anu's three-horned crown (top), a winged-disk, disk and crescent, fork, and Ishtar's...

A 1913 photograph of Tsar Nicholas II (reign 1894-1917), ruler of the Russian Empire, and his cousin George V, King of Great Britain (reign 1910-36). The photograph was taken in Berlin and both are wearing German military...

A newly discovered partially broken tablet V of the Epic of Gilgamesh: "the episode of the journey of Gilgamesh and Enkidu." According to Professor Farouk Al-Rawi (of the School of Oriental and African Studies...

A 16-17th century CE portrait of Henry V of England (r. 1413-1422 CE). (National Portrait Gallery, London)

A 1532 portrait by Jakob Seisenegger of Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor (r. 1519-56) with his dog. (Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna)

A modern illustration of Henry V of England (r. 1413-1422 CE) fighting at the Battle of Agincourt against the French on 25 October 1415 CE. The battle was one of the great English victories during the Hundred Years' War (1337-1453...

A statue of King Henry V of England (r. 1413-1422), designed by John Blakely, 1990. Near Stratford-upon-Avon, West Midlands.

A portrait of Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor (r. 1519-1556) with his dog by the Italian Renaissance artist Titian (c. 1487-1576), completed in 1533. Prado Museum, Madrid.

A c. 1536 CE portrait of James V of Scotland (r. 1513-1542 CE) by Corneille de Lyon. (Private collection)