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World History Encyclopedia @whencyclopedia@mstdn.social · 4d ago
The Nimrud Ivories are a vast collection of figures, panels, and plaques, carved from ivory, dated to the 9th to 7th centuries BCE, discovered in the ruins of the ancient city of Nimrud. #History #PhoenicianArt #Nineveh #Kalhu #Dur-Sharrukin #Assyria #AshurnasirpalII #Ashur #Ivory #Nimrud #NimrudIvories #HistoryFact https://whe.to/ci/2-784-en/
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World History Encyclopedia @whencyclopedia@mstdn.social · Jul 17, 2026
In Greek mythology, Calypso, whose name means "to hide" or "to conceal," is a nymph best known from Homer's (c.750 BCE) epic The Odyssey for falling in love with Odysseus and imprisoning him on her island, Ogygia, for seven years (or five years, depending on the source), during his long voyage home. #History #Odyssey #Odysseus #Homer #GreekMythology #Calypso #HistoryFact https://whe.to/ci/1-24943-en/
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World History Encyclopedia @whencyclopedia@mstdn.social · Jul 17, 2026
The North American P-51 Mustang was a long-range fighter aircraft used by the air forces of the United States and Great Britain during the Second World War (1939-45). #History #Aircraft #FighterPlane #KoreanWar #RAF #SecondWorldWar #USAAF #WWII #HistoryFact https://whe.to/ci/1-28747-en/
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World History Encyclopedia @whencyclopedia@mstdn.social · Jul 09, 2026
Assur (also Ashur, Anshar) is the god of the ancient Assyrians who was elevated from a local deity of the city of Ashur to the supreme god of the Assyrian pantheon. #History #Neo-AssyrianEmpire #Marduk #Assyria #Assur #Ashurbanipal #Ashur #ArslanTashAmulet #HistoryFact https://whe.to/ci/1-269-en/
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World History Encyclopedia @whencyclopedia@mstdn.social · Jun 30, 2026
Ninurta (identified with Ningirsu, Pabilsag, and the biblical Nimrod) is the Sumerian and Akkadian hero-god of war, hunting, and the south wind. #History #Ninurta #Mesopotamia #Kalhu #AshurnasirpalII #HistoryFact https://whe.to/ci/1-10530-en/
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World History Encyclopedia @whencyclopedia@mstdn.social · Jun 26, 2026
The Maginot Line was an extensive series of fortifications built by France through the 1930s to protect its eastern borders from German attack. #History #MaginotLine #Fortifications #France #FrenchArmy #SecondWorldWar #WWII #HistoryFact https://whe.to/ci/1-23862-en/
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