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Battle of the Wilderness
Battle of the Wilderness; Desperate Fight on the Orange C.H. Plank Road, Near Todd's Tavern, May 6th, 1864, lithograph by Kurz & Allison, c. 1887. This work depicts the Battle of the Wilderness (5-7 May 1864), one of the bloodiest and most...
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Map of the Tang Dynasty of China, c. 669 CE
The Tang Dynasty (618–907 CE) represents one of the high points of imperial Chinese history, reaching its widest territorial extent during the reign of Emperor Gaozong (reign 649–683 CE). By the late 7th century, around 669 CE, the empire...
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German Defences, Western Front, 1916
A 1916 photograph of German defensive positions on the Western Front during the First World War (1914-18).
Imperial War Museums, London.
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British Soldiers with German Wounded, Somme, 1916
A photograph of British soldiers with wounded German soldiers, taken during the First Battle of the Somme (July-November 1916) during the First World War (1914-18). (Imperial War Museums)
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Field Marshal Haig
A photograph of Field Marshal Douglas Haig (1861-1928), commander of the British Expeditionary Froce in France and Belgium from 1915 onwards during the First World War (1914-18). (Imperial War Museums)
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Map of the Olmec Civilization
The Olmec civilization, flourishing along the Gulf Coast of Mexico between c. 1200 and 400 BCE, represents one of the earliest complex societies in Mesoamerica and is often described as its “mother culture.” Emerging in the fertile lowlands...
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Fowler Bowie Knife
A replica of an early Bowie Knife of the type made for Rezin Bowie and commissioned by the Bowies to Searles and Constable. This is a copy of the Fowler Bowie Knife currently displayed at the Alamo. James or Resin Bowie gave the original...
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Expended Shells, Battle of the Somme
A pile of expended artillery shells fired during the First Battle of the Somme (July-November 1916) in the First World War (1914-18).
Imperial War Museums, London.
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Red River at Alexandria, Louisiana
Red River at Alexandria, Louisiana. Approximating what the sandbar on the Mississippi River might have looked like at the Sandbar Fight of 1827, which made James Bowie famous. Photograph by Billy Hathorn, 2008.
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Destroyed British Tank, Somme Battlefield
A 1917 photograph of a destroyed British Mark I tank, a relic of the First Battle of the Somme (July-November 1916) in the First World War (1914-18).
Imperial War Museums, London.
