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"I'll take Gigantic Ships' Wheels for $2000, Alex!" (Palmanova fortress in Friuli region of Italy, 1593 CE) Cityscapes or panoramas

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They seem prepared! Kinda like this?

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Pyramid of Capitalist System, issued by Nedeljkovich, Brashich, and Kuharich, 1911

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Context: https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/pyramid-of-the-capitalist-system/

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Cover of MAD Magazine monthly #186, 1976... these blokes seem kinda familiar!

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12th-13th century military amphibious landing, illustrated by Zvonimir Grbačić

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An action-shot from my upcoming review of "QVADRIGA" (Steam game) [more art in post] Events or battles

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This splashie is from the brilliant The Eagles of Rome graphic novel series, book two, by badass Swiss-Italian, writer-artist Enrico Marini.

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"What is a cataract, Alix?" (let's take a look...)

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Castledermot, Ireland, around the 14th century. It depicts the town with Anglo-Norman features, including town walls built after the late 12th century, plus a church, and a monastery. It's in Co. Kildare, depicted by Marc Guernon.

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Granted, this is just an info-booklet for kids, but I found it surprisingly insightful for the likes of dumbasses like me. 14 pages: (swipe left-right / key left-right to navigate)

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'A Boy Blowing On A Firebrand' by Gerrit van Honthorst. 1621-22. Oil on canvas

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British engineers making a pontoon bridge to access Bayonne, France, 1814 AD Events or battles Diagrams, cutaways, or architecture

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Selection of Chinese troops during the Warring States Period Dress or equipment

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Kyiv Monastery of the Caves, Ukraine (Vasili Vasilievich Vereshchagin, 1905 AD) Diagrams, cutaways, or architecture

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Napoleonic forces in Russia during the 1812 invasion (Vasili Vasilievich Vereshchagin) Dress or equipment

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Carriage of a wealthy man in Delhi, India (Vasili Vasilievich Vereshchagin, ~1875 AD) Dress or equipment

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Map of China ~400 BCE Maps, bird's eye views, or infographics

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Army of the Qin Dynasty of China marching to battle, ~3rd century BCE Events or battles

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European pikemen of the 16th century AD Dress or equipment

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Sultan Mahmud II Leaving The Bayezid Mosque, Istanbul, 1837 AD (Auguste Etienne Francois Mayer) Cityscapes or panoramas

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Europe and North Africa, 533 AD Maps, bird's eye views, or infographics

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Camp of the Piegan Blackfeet of the Great Plains (Karl Bodmer) Cityscapes or panoramas

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Frankish warriors of late antiquity and the early medieval period Dress or equipment

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The French Foreign Legion as it was ~1900 AD (Giuseppe Rava) Events or battles Dress or equipment

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Portrait of an Uzbek archer (Vasili Vasilievich Vereshchagin, 19th century AD) Dress or equipment

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Italian infantrymen of the Renaissance Dress or equipment

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Map of Breslau (now Wrocław, Poland), 1826 AD copy of a 1562 AD original Maps, bird's eye views, or infographics

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Flemish militiaman confronting a French knight at the Battle of the Golden Spurs, 1302 AD Events or battles

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French Regulars during the Seven Years War Dress or equipment

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Brunswick Dock, and East India Dock, London, UK, 1803 AD Cityscapes or panoramas

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Battle of Quebec, Seven Years War Events or battles

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French-Canadian troops during the Seven Years War Dress or equipment

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Portrait of an Afghan warrior (Vasili Vasilievich Vereshchagin, ~1870 AD) Dress or equipment

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View of London, the UK (William Daniell, 1804 AD)

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Winter Village of the Minatarres, a Native American peoples of the Great Plains (Karl Bodmer)

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Loading merchant vessels in the Netherlands, ~1650 AD (Willem van de Velde)

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Native American (Sioux?) weapons and equipment (Karl Bodmer, 1841 AD) Dress or equipment

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Battle of Curupaytì, Paraguayan War, 1866 (Giuseppe Rava) Events or battles

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Encampment of the indigenous Mandan people, North America (Karl Bodmer) Cityscapes or panoramas

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Neolithic farming community (Angus McBride)

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Spanish conquistadors ambushing Inca Emperor Atahualpa during negotiations (Mike White) Events or battles

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Cats being fed in an Egyptian temple (Angus McBride)

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A selection of traditional African smelting furnaces and distribution Diagrams, cutaways, or architecture Maps, bird's eye views, or infographics

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https://www.africanhistoryextra.com/p/a-general-history-of-iron-technology

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British and German soldiers during the Christmas Truce, WW1, 1914 (Angus McBride) Events or battles

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Trial and execution of "Lollard" Christian heretics, 1401 AD (Mike White) Events or battles

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The Viceroy of Ottoman Egypt showing off his new locomotive, 1862 AD (Angus McBride) Events or battles

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Phoenician traders in Africa (Angus McBride)

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Daily life in an Inca community (Mike White)

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Portrait of Wahk-ta-Ge-Li, a Sioux warrior (Karl Bodmer) Dress or equipment

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Lantern-maker in Japan, 1920s (Hiroshi Yoshida)

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Papal soldiers, 15th-Early 16th centuries.

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Assyrian wardog and handler (Angus McBride) Dress or equipment

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Philip II of Macedonia presenting his son, Alexander, to the troops (Jesus Blasco) Events or battles

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Celebration in a Mayan city (Peter Jackson)

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Burbage's Theatre, just outside of London, late 16th century AD (Judith Dobie) Cityscapes or panoramas Diagrams, cutaways, or architecture

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Glastonbury Monastery, England, 7th century AD

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Italian farmer on horseback (Carl Haag, 1858 AD) Dress or equipment

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Portrait of a Greek soldier (Carl Haag, 1861 AD) Dress or equipment

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Kagurazaka Street, Tokyo, Japan, early 20th century AD (Hiroshi Yoshida) Cityscapes or panoramas

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Crusader garrison under siege fire (Giuseppe Rava) Events or battles Dress or equipment

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Babylonian noble hunting lions in a chariot (Briton Riviere)

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British tanks arriving on Sword Beach, D-Day, WW2, 1944 (Richard Willis) Events or battles

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Warship of Alfred the Great, a 9th century AD monarch of England Dress or equipment

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Native American warrior of the Hidatsa people in ritual costume (Karl Bodmer) Dress or equipment

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The Coldstream Guards at the Battle of the Alma depicts British soldiers advancing under fire during a key 1854 conflict of the Crimean War. Painted by Richard Caton Woodville. 1896.

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Two Assiniboine (Native American) warriors (Karl Bodmer, painted ~1840 AD) Dress or equipment

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Watercolor of a camp of the Assiniboine people of North America (Karl Bodmer, painted 1832 AD)

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Diagram of the crammed quarters of a ship in the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade in 1808 AD Diagrams, cutaways, or architecture

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Rope bridge in Mexico (Baron Friedrich Alexander von Humboldt, painted 1810 AD) Diagrams, cutaways, or architecture

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Imagining a shepherd of the Near East in antiquity Dress or equipment

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London Bridge, UK, 19th century AD Cityscapes or panoramas

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The Parthenon in Ancient Athens, Greece Cityscapes or panoramas Maps, bird's eye views, or infographics

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View of Delhi, India, British Empire, 19th century AD Cityscapes or panoramas

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Imagining of gladiatorial combat in the Roman Empire Events or battles

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Imagining of a boiler explosion on a 19th century AD paddle steamer Events or battles

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A selection of Maori weapons Dress or equipment

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Prehistoric tools Dress or equipment

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Scene of a mosque in northern India, ~1900 AD Cityscapes or panoramas

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Traditional Hadrami dress from villages in Wadi Amd, Yemen (info & links in post) Dress or equipment

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I just now discovered Yemeni artist Obaid Bahumayd, who currently lives in Saudi Arabia. More of his art linked below…

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Traditional construction in Central Africa Diagrams, cutaways, or architecture

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Medieval Pagan Slavic villagers being 'converted' by the sword (Richard Hook) Events or battles Dress or equipment

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Kyiv militia fighting against nomad raiders (Richard Hook) Events or battles Dress or equipment

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Imagining of a medieval merchant caravan (Ron Embleton)

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Apollinary Vasnetsov: Defense of Moscow from khan Tokhtamysh. 17th century Cityscapes or panoramas Events or battles

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People fleeing during the Great Fire of London, 1666 AD Events or battles

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Melee between Russian and Imperial German cavalry, WW1, 1914 AD Events or battles

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Knight in armor, ~13th century AD (Pat Nicole) Dress or equipment

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Mass executions of socialists after the suppression of the Paris Commune, 1871 Events or battles

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Harvest time in Ancient Egypt Cityscapes or panoramas

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Traditional Chinese fishing and cargo boats, ~1900 AD

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Portuguese caravel during the Age of Sail Diagrams, cutaways, or architecture

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Eel-spearing in the UK, 19th century AD

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Survey including the Tower of London, England, 1597 AD Maps, bird's eye views, or infographics

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Child labor in a coal mine, Lancashire, UK, 1848 AD

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Soldier in the English Civil War, 1645 AD Dress or equipment

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Hannibal's war elephants crossing the Alps, 218 BCE Events or battles Dress or equipment

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The city of Kano, Nigeria, late 19th century AD Cityscapes or panoramas

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Horse archer of the Eurasian Steppe Dress or equipment

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Cheltenham, England, in the 19th century AD Cityscapes or panoramas

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Imagining of the Hanging Gardens of Babylon Diagrams, cutaways, or architecture

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Traditional river transport in Chad (drawn 1892 AD)

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Revolutionaries and colonial troops during the Mexican War of Independence (Ron Embleton) Events or battles Dress or equipment

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Carcassonne, France (Fernando Aznar Cenamor) Maps, bird's eye views, or infographics

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