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Mahayana Buddhism
Mahayana Buddhism is the largest Buddhist sect in the world, and its beliefs and practices are what most non-adherents recognize as "Buddhism" in the modern era. It developed as a school of thought sometime after 383 BCE, possibly from the...
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Roman Naval Attack on Carthage
An artist's impression of what the Roman naval attack on Carthage may have looked like during the Third Punic War, 149-146 BCE.
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Third Gender Figures in the Ancient Near East
In the ancient Near East, there was a social standard by which men were ideally expected to behave. In the 21st century CE, expectations still exist, albeit in different forms. Normative masculinity through ancient Mesopotamia typically concerned...
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Weighing the Heart, Book of the Dead
Weighing of the heart scene, with en:Ammit sitting, from the book of the dead of Hunefer.
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Copy of the Heart Sutra
A Sanskrit manuscript copy of the Heart Sutra at the Bibliothèque Nationale de France.
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British Attack on Ghazni
An illustration showing the British East India Company's successful attack on the Afghan fortress of Ghazni in July 1839. The attack was during the First Anglo-Afghan War (1838-42). (National Army Museum, London)
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Roman Beach Attack
An artist's impression of what a Roman beach attack may have looked like during the Punic Wars of the 3rd century BCE.
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Spanish Galleon Under Attack
A 17th-century painting by Juan de la Corte showing a Spanish galleon under attack. (Museo del Prado, Madrid)
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Spanish Attack on a Flemish village
Spanish attack on a Flemish village, oil on canvas by Peter Snayers (1592-1667).
Friedenstein Castle, Gotha.
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The Attack on Damietta, 1218 CE
A 13th century CE manuscript illustration depicting the attack on Damietta in Egypt in 1218-19 CE during the Fifth Crusade (1217-1221 CE). (From the Chronica Majorca by Matthew Paris, Corpus Christi College, Cambridge)
