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Map of the Parthian (Arsacid) Empire, c. 150 CE - Iran’s Cavalry Empire Between Rome and the Silk Roads
The Parthian, or Arsacid, Empire (c. 247 BCE–224 CE) was an Iranian imperial state that emerged as Seleucid authority weakened in northeastern Iran. Arsaces I (reign c. 247–211 BCE), leader of the Parni, established the dynasty, but its transformation...
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Map of William the Conqueror’s Campaign for London, 1066 - From Hastings to Westminster and the English Crown
William the Conqueror’s campaign for London formed the decisive second phase of the Norman invasion of England in 1066. After defeating Harold II (reign January–October 1066) at the Battle of Hastings on 14 October, William, Duke of Normandy...
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Map of the Phoenician Trade and Colonization, c.1100-600 BCE - Trade, Colonies & Maritime Networks Across the Mediterranean
Between c. 1100 and 600 BCE, the Phoenician city-states of the Levant, especially Tyre, Sidon, Byblos, and Arwad, developed one of the ancient Mediterranean’s most dynamic maritime trading systems. Rather than expanding through unified territorial...
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Portrait of Ibrahim Pasha of Egypt
Portrait of Ibrahim Pasha of Egypt, oil on canvas by Charles-Philippe Larivière, France, 1846. Ibrahim Pasha was the son of Mehmed Ali Pasha, the Egyptian governor who defied Ottoman Sultan Mahmud II and launched a military campaign in 1831...
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First Serbian Uprising Assembly
Orašac Assembly, 14 February 1804, drawing included in Konstantin N. Nenadović's Život i dela velikog Đorđa Petrovića Kara-Đorđa I, p. 48, 1903. The Orašac Assembly saw 300 Serbian chiefs and rebels organize to revolt against Ottoman rule...
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Map of Europe in 1815 and the The Vienna Settlement - The Congress of Vienna and the Post-Napoleonic Order
The Congress of Vienna (September 1814–June 1815) was a major diplomatic settlement that sought to rebuild Europe after more than two decades of revolutionary and Napoleonic warfare (1792–1815). Led principally by Austria, Russia, Great Britain...
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Daring Ride of Colonel Lander at the Battle of Philippi - The Famous Downhill Ride of Colonel Lander
Daring Ride of Colonel Lander at the Battle of Philippi, wood engraving, 1861. This illustration, depicting the downhill ride of Colonel Frederick W. Lander of the Union army during the Battle of Philippi (Philippi Races) on 3 June 1861...
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Town of Philippi, West Virginia, 1861 - Site of the Battle of Philippi
Town of Phillippi, Barbour County, West Virginia, lithographic print after sketching by Mrs. M. D. Pool, 1861.
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Philippi Covered Bridge, 2015 - Reconstruction of the Famous Philippi Bridge
The Philippi covered bridge across the Tygart Valley River, photograph by Carol M. Highsmith, Philippi, West Virginia, 3 May 2015.
Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
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Philippi Covered Bridge, c. 1899 - Famous Bridge from the Battle of Philippi (Philippi Races)
The Philippi covered bridge as seen from the northeast end, photograph by Hu Maxwell in The History of Barbour County, From its Earliest Exploration and Settlement to the Present Time (1968), Philippi, West Virginia, c. 1899. The covered...
