Mid East Gallery

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The Hereford Mappa Mundi of 1280 - Jerusalem is at the center, Europe lower left, Africa lower right.
Printed color halftone reproduction 19th century

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1200s, 1280, 13th Century, Africa, Art, Asia, Cartography, Document, Earth, Europe, Flat, Flat Earth, Geography, Hereford, Historic, History, Illustration, Jerusalem, Map, Mappa Mundi, Medieval, Mediterranean, Mid East, Middle Ages, Navigation, Ocean, Sea, Vintage, World, World Map

Seljuk Turks defeated at Dorylaeum, First Crusade

Crusaders under Godfrey of Bouillon, defeating Muslim forces of Sultan Kilij Arslan at Dorylaeum in Asia Minor, 1097.
Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

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1097, 11th Century, Armor, Armour, Army, Art, Asia Minor, Battle, Christian, Christianity, Combat, Conflict, Crusade, Crusades, Dorylaeum, Eskisehir, Eskishehr, First Crusade, Godfrey Of Bouillon, Historic Heritage Vintage Traditional Old Fashioned, History, Illustration, Islam, Kilij Arslan, Knight, Medieval, Mid East, Middle Ages, Middle East, Military, Muslim, Religion, Religious, Religious War, Seljuk, Seljuk Turk, Shield, Sultan, Sword, Turk, Turkey, War, Weapon

Alexanders army prepares to destroy Persepolis

Thais suggests that Alexander burn Persepolis, capitol of Persia, in 331 BC.
Hand-colored halftone ireproduction of a 19th-century llustration

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