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Wars and Battles


Wars, Battles, Warefare, Soldiers, Weapons etc.



11 subcategories
Battles against Turks

BATTLES AGAINST TURKS

Battles by century

BATTLES BY CENTURY

Conquest of England - Bayeux Tapestry

CONQUEST OF ENGLAND - BAYEUX TAPESTRY

Crusades

CRUSADES

Emperor Karl V

EMPEROR KARL V

Mythological Battles

MYTHOLOGICAL BATTLES

Napoleonic Battles

NAPOLEONIC BATTLES

Naval Battles

NAVAL BATTLES

Prince Eugene of Savoy

PRINCE EUGENE OF SAVOY

Sieges

SIEGES

War of Austrian Succession

WAR OF AUSTRIAN SUCCESSION

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The naval Battle of Navarino was fought on October 20, 1827, during the Greek War of Independence (1821-29). It is notable for being the final large-scale fleet action in history between sailing ships.
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The naval Battle of Navarino was fought on October 20, 1827, during the Greek Wa...

Prehistoric cult place on slope of the Buelbueldag. Double stone seat (seat of the gods) (10th-6th BCE) Ephesus, Turkey
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Prehistoric cult place on slope of the Buelbueldag. Double stone seat (seat...

Casts from Trajan's column in Rome.Roman legionaries set fire to a Dacian city. On the walls impaled heads.
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Casts from Trajan's column in Rome.Roman legionaries set fire to a Dacian cit...

Relief of the battle of Kadesh showing Pharaoh Ramses II (1290-1224 BCE) in his chariot fighting Hittite soldiers of King Muwatalli. 1294 BCE, New Kingdom (19th dynasty).
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Relief of the battle of Kadesh showing Pharaoh Ramses II (1290-1224 BCE) in his...

Relief of the battle of Kadesh showing the army of Pharaoh Ramses II (1290-1224 BCE) fighting Hittite soldiers of King Muwatalli. 1294 BCE, New Kingdom (19th dynasty).
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Relief of the battle of Kadesh showing the army of Pharaoh Ramses II (1290-1224...

Relief of the battle of Kadesh showing soldiers of Pharaoh Ramses II (1290-1224 BCE) fighting Hittite soldiers of King Muwatalli. 1294 BCE, New Kingdom (19th dynasty).
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Relief of the battle of Kadesh showing soldiers of Pharaoh Ramses II (1290-1224...

Relief of the battle of Kadesh showing soldiers of Pharaoh Ramses II (1290-1224 BCE) fighting Hittite soldiers of King Muwatalli. 1294 BCE, New Kingdom (19th dynasty).
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Relief of the battle of Kadesh showing soldiers of Pharaoh Ramses II (1290-1224...

The Mongolian seige of Bagdad in 1258. Double-page from Rashid al-Din's (1247 - 1318) enormous universal history, the "Jami al-Tawarikh". 320 x 230 mm Herat, Afghanistan; around 1430-1434 The Jami al-Tawarikh was commissioned by Mahmud Ghazan, begun as a history of the Mongols and their dynasty and then expanded to include history from Adam to Rashid al-Din's present day. It was completed during the reign of Oljeitu in 1307-1316. The Jami' al-Tawarikh is perhaps the single most comprehensive Persian source on the Mongol period. Sayf Al-Vahedi, who worked as painter in the workshop-library of Baysonqor, is the author of the majority of the illustrations of this manuscript. Realized on a double page, this painting illustrates the siege of Baghdad by the Mongolian armies of Hulagu Khan in 1258. Caliph Al-Musta'sim crosses the bridge on the Tigris, ready to meet Hulagu Kahn (grandson of Genghis Khan). On the top of the walls of the city a Persan poem written by Sayf Al-Vahedi celebrates the charm of Baghdad.
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The Mongolian seige of Bagdad in 1258. Double-page from Rashid al-Din's (1247 -...

Capture of a Roman fortress, 1595. Colourful battle scene showing a besieged fortress, surrounded by a floral border. From the "Shahnameh" or Book of Kings, by Persian poet Ferdowsi. ID: Ethe 2992
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Capture of a Roman fortress, 1595. Colourful battle scene showing a besieged for...

Fatimid troops leaving the fortress to attack crusaders Paper fragment from Frustat; 12th CE.
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Fatimid troops leaving the fortress to attack crusaders Paper fragment from Fru...

Imperial Chinese troops putting the Taiping rebels to flight. painting; 19th century. The Taiping Rebellion (1851–1864) was perhaps the bloodiest civil war in human history, a clash between the forces of the Qing Empire in China and those inspired by a Hakka self-proclaimed mystic named Hong Xiuquan, a Christian convert who had declared himself the new Messiah and younger brother of Jesus Christ. He and his followers established the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom (also "Heavenly Kingdom of Great Peace") and attained control of significant parts of southern China.
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Imperial Chinese troops putting the Taiping rebels to flight. painting; 19th ce...

The recapture of Tianjin during the Boxer Rebellion, June 1900. Colour-printed battle scene, woodblock printed in the style of a new-year print (Nianhua). China; Qing dynasty, 1900.
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The recapture of Tianjin during the Boxer Rebellion, June 1900. Colour-printed b...