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The Seven Prince-Electors of the Holy Roman Empire - The Golden Bull and the Election of the King of the Romans
The Holy Roman Empire (962–1806) was a decentralized and composite political order in which authority was distributed among the monarch, territorial princes, ecclesiastical rulers, imperial cities, and other estates. Royal election had developed...
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Map of Timur’s Empire and Campaigns, 1370–1405 - The rise and the expansion of Tamerlane across Eurasia
The Timurid Empire under Timur (reign 1370–1405) emerged from the fragmented political world of the western Chagatai Khanate in Central Asia. Born near Kesh in 1336, Timur established control over Transoxiana in 1370 and made Samarkand the...
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Map of Europe on the Eve of World War I, June 1914 - Alliances, Empires, Borders, and Military Power
Between German unification (1871) and the outbreak of the First World War (1914), European international relations were increasingly shaped by alliance diplomacy, imperial competition, nationalist claims, and changing calculations of the...
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Two US Grumman F4F-3 Wildcats
A photograph of two US Grumman F4F-3 Wildcats, carrier-based fighters which participated in the Pacific War during the Seocnd World War (1939-45). Both of these aircraft participated and were lost in the Battle of the Coral Sea in May 1942...
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Japanese Aircraft Carrier Zuikaku
A photograph of the Japanese aircraft carrier Zuikaku. The ship was badly damaged in the Battle of the Coral Sea in May 1942 during the Second World War (1939-45) but was repaired and saw service until sunk in 1944. Photograph taken in September...
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USS Yorktown, 1942
A photograph of the USS Yorktown aircraft carrier in February 1942. The Yorktown would play an important role in both the Battle of the Coral Sea and the Battle of Midway later that year in the Pacific War against Japan during the Second...
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Sinking of the USS Lexington
A photograph showing the final moments of the USS Lexington aircraft carrier in the Battle of the Coral Sea in May 1942 during the Second World War (1939-45).
Naval History & Heritage Command
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Map of the Coral Sea
A map of the Coral Sea in the south-west Pacific Ocean.
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Ancient Britons Opposing the Roman Landings
Ancient Britons opposing the Roman landings, illustration by Joseph Martin Kronheim, included in Pictures of English History: From the Earliest Times to the Present Period, plates I - IV, London, 1868. This image is included in a Victorian...
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Jewelry from Roman Britain
Jewelry from Roman Britain, Chalkwell, circa 200 CE. This assortment of personal ornaments showcases the broad spectrum of jewelry and adornments worn by the elite of Roman Britain. These objects show both the presence of an affluent class...
