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The disposition of the Russian army in the battle of Stănileşt during the Pruth campaign (1711). Portrait of the commanders of the troops, Peter I the Great of Russia and Vizier Baltacı Mehmet Pasha. Roman coins discovered in the area,
The camp of Charles XII of Sweden, near the city of Bender (1713).
The ships which took the German diplomatic mission to Istanbul in 1578.
The reception of the German diplomatic Mission (1578).
The German diplomatic Mission sets off to Istanbul accompanied by a group of Janissaries.
The arrival of the German diplomatic mission to Istanbul (1578).
The German diplomatic mission meets with Ottoman officials.
The reception of the German diplomatic mission in Istanbul (1578).
The residence of the German diplomatic mission to Istanbul in 1578.
The Ottoman Sultan giving audience to the German diplomats of the 1578 mission.
The Persian diplomatic mission offering its gifts to the Ottoman Sultan in accordance with the protocol.
Α. Janissary. Β. Sipahi, member of the Ottoman cavalry.
Α. Sipahi, member of the Ottoman cavalry. Β. Kazasker, chief jidge.
Devsirme child in the service of the Sultan.
A. Archer in the service of the Sultan (Solak). B. Devshirme child. C. Servant of the Sultan.
Triumphal march.
Firman (travel authorization) issued by the Sultan.
A. Adam von Schliben. B. Wolffgang Bachelbel. C. Salomon Schweigger. D. Bernhard von Herberstein and four Franciscan monks.
The ships which took Salomon Schweigger and the other members of the diplomatic mission to the Holy Land.
Turkish horsemen.
Kings of Babylon: Mordecai, Nebuchadnezzar. Xerxes. View of Constantinople. Nebuchadnezzar conquers Jerusalem.
Popes: Saint Sylvester, Saint Mark, Saint Julius, Saint Liberius. Byzantine emperors: Constantine the Great, Constantius, Constantine II and Constans.
Antonio Roselli, eminent judge and jurist (1381 -1466). Sultan Mehmed II depicted in the likeness of John VIII Palaiologos on the medal by Pisanello. Istanbul during the great storm of July 1490 which caused extended fires and human losses and was seen by several Christians as sign of God's wrath against Muslims. Stone in the shape of the letter D, etched with a cross, falls from the sky on Ensisheim, Alsace on 7 November 1492.
Galley slave (galeotto). Free man working on the galleys (scappolo).
Floor plan of Castelnuovo (Herceg Novi) fortress.
Gonfalone (member of Venetian Perast militia).
The fortress of Margariti in Epirus, during the Venetian siege of 1571.
The fortress of Sopot (in today's Borsh, Albania) besieged by the Venetian army and fllet in 1570.
Ottoman cavalry during the Siege of Rhodes.
Cozak chief Stenka Razin throws the Russian princess he had married into the Volga, as related in the folk legend.