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Hoplite warriors

Diagram of a Macedonian battle formation showing a central block of 4,096 hoplites flanked by 1,024 psiloi in front, 2,048 peltasts behind, and 512 cavalry on each side, illustrating the simple phalanx perfected by Philip II and Alexander the Great.

Illustration of ten men in European armor, each representing a different era from 500 BCE to the present, showing changes in armor design from ancient times through medieval plate armor to modern protective gear.

Corinthian-style helmet

Sumerian phalanx

Japanese armour

Trajan's Column

Learn about American Revolutionary War usage of muskets, bayonets, and gunpowder

How did Constantinople become Istanbul?

Observe English schoolchildren practicing using gas masks in case of a chemical attack amid World War II

The rise and fall of the Roman Empire

Surveil the surroundings from a military balloon aircraft utilized throughout World War I

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Chaim Herzog

Chaim Herzog

president of Israel

Page, Robert Morris

Robert Morris Page

American physicist

KC-135 Stratotanker refueling U.S. Airforce military F-16 Falcon. Transportation aircraft refueled in mid-air aka aerial refueling.

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A soldier standing guard in a Washington, D.C. street with the ruins of buildings that were destroyed during the riots that followed the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr., April 8, 1968.

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Louis IX of France (St. Louis), stained glass window of Louis IX during the Crusades. (Unknown location.)

World Wars