Explorers in Art: The Middle East
The great European explorers of the Middle East are noted for their extraordinary endurance, epic journeys often involving a lifelong commitment and a habit of going native.
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Great Explorers: Middle East
The great European explorers of the Middle East are noted for their extraordinary endurance, epic journeys often involving a lifelong commitment and a habit of going native.
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Egyptomania
With the deciphering of the Rosetta Stone in the early part of the century, the understanding of Ancient Egypt grew exponentially.
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In Flanders Fields
The ancient town of Ypres, once the centre of the medieval wool trade, was completely destroyed during the First World War (1914 to 1918) when it was used as a supply depot for the British forces fighting in the trenches just to the east.
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The Franco Prussian War
The Franco Prussian war of 1870 was one of the pivotal European events of the second half of the 19th century . It resulted in the creation of a new country, Germany , a weakening of France and the overthrow of its Government and the rise of a dominate new European statesman, Prussia’s Count Otto Von Bismarck.
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