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Abd-ar-Rahman III (889- 961). Emir and Caliph of Al-Andalus

Abd-ar-Rahman III (889- 961). Emir and Caliph of Al-Andalus. Abd-ar-Rahman III and his court (1885) by Dionisio Baixeras Verdaguer (1862-1943) depicting the Caliph's reception of the monk John Gorze, appointed ambassador of Emperor Otto I. University of Barcelona. Catalonia. Spain

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Map of Spain at the Beginning of the Spanish Civil War, 1936

Map of Spain showing the situation at the beginning of the Spanish Civil War, July 1936. The heaviest fighting in July took place in the places underlined on the map: Madrid, Barcelona, Oviedo, Saragossa, Seville, Malaga, Cadiz and La Linea. General Franco's Army of Africa was located in Spanish Morocco, whilst Franco's stronghold in Northern Spain was around the city of Burgos

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Nicolaus Copernicus (14731543) Astronomer. Orbes Celeste

Nicolaus Copernicus (1473-1543). Renaissance mathematician and astronomer who formulated an heliocentric model of the universe which placed the Sun, rather than the Earth, at the center. Orbes Celeste celestial constellations. Arctic and Antarctic. Edition of 1667, France

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