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History by Periods, War and Peace, Revolutions.



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Crusades

CRUSADES

French Revolution 1789

FRENCH REVOLUTION 1789

Napoleon Bonaparte

NAPOLEON BONAPARTE

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Ark (Torah shrine) doors from the Butzian synagogue in Cracow, Poland. "Be strong as a leopard, light as an eagle, fleet as a deer and strong as a lion to do the will of thy father," is inscribed over the doors. Detail of 30-05-05/60.Painted wood, 130 x 96 cm.
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Ark (Torah shrine) doors from the Butzian synagogue in Cracow, Poland. "Be s...

Rimon - the headpieces on the staves on which the Torah scroll is rolled. First half 19th,from Palestine. It shows the Tablets of the Law. Brass,20,7 x 6,8 cm
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Rimon - the headpieces on the staves on which the Torah scroll is rolled....

The people before Mount Sinai Canvas
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The people before Mount Sinai Canvas

Chaim Eisenberg,Chief Rabbi,in the Vienna synagogue. Portrait by Erich Lessing
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Chaim Eisenberg,Chief Rabbi,in the Vienna synagogue. Portrait by Erich Lessin...

Portrait: Tsar Peter the Great, 1775 Glass-mosaic.
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Portrait: Tsar Peter the Great, 1775 Glass-mosaic.

House of Peter the Great in Archangelsk
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House of Peter the Great in Archangelsk

House of Peter the Great in Archangelsk View from the entrance porch
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House of Peter the Great in Archangelsk View from the entrance p...

Peter the Great's study in his house in Archangelsk. Books, candlesticks, model of a contemporary sailboat.
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Peter the Great's study in his house in Archangelsk. Books, candlesticks, mod...

Bedroom and dining room in Peter the Great's House in Archangelsk.
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Bedroom and dining room in Peter the Great's House in Archangelsk.

Small, private dining room; table laid for a meal in Peter the Great's house in Archangelsk.
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Small, private dining room; table laid for a meal in Peter the Great's hou...

Large dining room in Tsar Peter the Great's House in Archangelsk.
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Large dining room in Tsar Peter the Great's House in Archangelsk.

Edward the Confessor sends Harold to inform Duke William of Normandy that he will succeed to the throne of England. Bayeux Tapestry, embroidery, most probably the work of Saxon craftsmen; the tapestry was ordered shortly after the conquest in 1066 by Odon de Conteville, Duke of Kent and Bishop of Bayeux, brother of William.
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Edward the Confessor sends Harold to inform Duke William of Normandy that he wil...