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Constantine’s Vision and the Battle of the Milvian Bridge

April 26, 2024

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Illustrated painted parchment Greek manuscript (879-883 AD) of the homilies of Gregory of Nazianzus in the Bibliothèque nationale de France. ...

Incipient Jōmon Pottery

April 26, 2024

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Clay-based pottery from between 11000 and 7000 BC. ...

The painting depicts the surrender of the Gallic chieftain after the Battle of Alesia (52 BC). The depiction of Gauls with long hair and mustaches is also called into question today. The horse is a Percheron, although at this time this breed was not...

The Accounting Tablet

April 26, 2024

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Tablet from the administrative archives of the temple of Ba'u at Lagash quoting the wages due to the different categories of personnel, about the time of Uruinimgina. These accounting tablets represent the first step in the development of the cuneif...

Stele of the ode of Hammurabi

April 26, 2024

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The Code of Hammurabi contains 282 articles of law, which regulate many aspects of Mesopotamian society. The Code governs criminal offences, commerce, marriage, architecture and agriculture. The steles were a means of spreading the laws, and this al...

Pizarro Seizing the Inca of Peru

April 26, 2024

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A painting depicting the conquest of the Incan Empire by Francisco Pizarro. ...

The Aztec people before European expansion

April 26, 2024

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A mural demonstrating the Exploitation of Mexico by Spanish Conquistadors by Diego Rivera, the work is titled "Le peuple aztèque". ...

Interior of the Oude Kerk in Amsterdam

April 26, 2024

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Calvinism has been known at times for its simple, unadorned churches and lifestyles, as depicted in this painting of the interior of the Oude kerk in Amsterdam (south nave), by Emanuel de Witte. ...

Luther lässt 95 sätze gegen den ablass an die scholsskirche zu Wittenberg anschlagen, 1517

April 26, 2024

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A small crowd has gathered to watch as Martin Luther directs the posting of his 95 theses, protesting the practice of the sale of indulgences, to the door of the castle church in Wittenberg. ...

Savonarola and his execution

April 26, 2024

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Hanging and burning of Girolamo Savonarola in Piazza della Signoria in Florence in 1498. This is a 17th-century copy of a contemporary original attributed to Francesco Rosselli. In a contemporary copy from Perugia, the scroll held by angels bears ...