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The Great Bath at Bursa, Turkey by Jean Leon Gerome

(1824 - 1904 AD)

The Slave Dealerby Robert Dowling (1827 - 1886 AD)

Harem Guardsby Ludwig Deutsch (1835 - 1955 AD)

A slave sale by José Jiménez Aranda

(1837 - 1903 AD)

The Toiletteby Frederic Bazille (1841 - 1870 AD)

The Deposed FavouriteBy Fernand Piestre Cormon

(1845 - 1924 AD)

Slave Girlby John William Waterhouse

(1849 - 1917 AD)

The Favouriteby Rudolf Ernst (1854 - 1932 AD)

The Guard of the Harem by Rudolf Ernst (1854 - 1932 AD)

The Beggar by Rudolf Ernst (1854 - 1932 AD)

The Pasha's Concubineby Ferencz-Franz Eisenhut

(1857 - 1903 AD)

A new arrival by Giulio Rosati

(1858 - 1917 AD)

Picking the Favouriteby Giulio Rosati

(1858 - 1917 AD)

The bitter draught of slaveryby Ernest Normand

(1859 - 1923 AD)

In the Haremby  F Fasce19th century

Her Master's Choice by Fabio Fabbi

(1861 - 1946 AD)

The Prisoner by Fabio Fabbi

(1861 - 1946 AD)

A musical interlude in the Haremby Fabio Fabbi

(1861 - 1946 AD)

Oriental Sceneby Filippo Baratti (1868 - 1901 AD)

The Prisoner by Filippo Baratti (1868 - 1901 AD)

Change of Guard in Granada Spain - Muslims to ChristiansThe capitulation of Granada (1492)

by Spanish painter Francisco Pradilla y Ortiz (1848 - 1921 AD)

Medallions of the busts of Christ and Martin LutherProtestant Reformer of the Holy Roman Empire

(1483 - 1546 AD)

Family Feud

The Protestant Princes vs.

The Catholic Kings

Philip 1, Count of Hesse

German champion of the Protestant Reformation

(1504 - 1567 AD)

Elector Frederick III the Wise of Saxony(1463 – 1525 AD)

Elector John Frederick 1 of Saxony

(1503 - 1554 AD)aka John the Magnanimous

King Philip II of SpainSon of Charles V

Holy Roman Emperor Ferdinand 1 and his son Maximillian II

(1503 - 1564 AD)King of Bohemia, Hungary and Croatia

  Younger brother of Charles V

King Charles V Holy Roman Emperor and

first King of Spain (1500 - 1558 AD)

King James Bible

His auuthorised Bible Bible published offensive passages as this one in 2 KINGS 5:27:“The leprosy therefore of Naaman shall stick to you, andto your seed for ever. And he went out from his presence a leper as white as snow.”

King James VI of Scotland and I of England(1566 - 1625 AD)

Designer ofBrtiain's flag

1603 AD

Moor and peasant in dance Nuremberg Municipal Libary

Excavated remains of Capacoha victims The capacocha ceremony, involving a ritual sacrifice of children, was an important part

of the Inca Empire.(Circa 1200 - 1600 AD)