Layla and Majnun
Layla and Majnun at school together, from a manuscript of the Khamsa that belonged to Timur's son and is now in the Hermitage Museum (1431 AD). An Iranian story This [...]
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Joan of Arc project – Hundred Years’ War
Joan of Arc (painted about fifty years after she was killed) Joan of Arc and Henry V of England are the people most people remember best from the Hundred Years' War. [...]
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Constantine IV and Justinian II
Mu'awiya on a Sassanian-style coin When was Constantine IV? Constantine IV took over as Roman Emperor when his father Constans II died, in 668 AD. It wasn't a great time to be emperor. Constans [...]
