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  2. Ashurbanipal - Wikipedia

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    Relief from Ashurbanipal's palace depicting corpses floating down a river. In Assyrian royal ideology, the Assyrian king was the divinely appointed mortal representative of Ashur . The king was seen as having the moral, humane and necessary obligation to extend Assyria since lands outside Assyria were regarded to be uncivilized and a threat to ...

  3. Assyrian sculpture - Wikipedia

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    "Winged genie", Nimrud c. 870 BC, with inscription running across his midriff. Part of the Lion Hunt of Ashurbanipal, c. 645–635 BC. Assyrian sculpture is the sculpture of the ancient Assyrian states, especially the Neo-Assyrian Empire of 911 to 612 BC, which was centered around the city of Assur in Mesopotamia (modern-day Iraq) which at its height, ruled over all of Mesopotamia, the Levant ...

  4. Imperial Chinese harem system - Wikipedia

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    An imperial woman who had attained the rank of concubine and above would be given a residence in the main section of one of the palace in the inner court of the Forbidden City and become its mistress (主位, zhǔwèi), and when being addressed by lower ranked imperial concubines and servants, she would have to be called your imperial highness ...

  5. Cedars of God - Wikipedia

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    The remaining trees survive in mountainous areas, where they are the dominant tree species. This is the case on the slopes of Mount Makmel that tower over the Kadisha Valley , where the Cedars of God are found at an altitude of more than 2,000 metres (6,600 ft).

  6. Hasmonean and Herodian royal winter palaces - Wikipedia

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    Meanwhile, in the north, the Hasmonean palace was still standing. The palace was a rectangular building, 86 by 46 meters. In the center was an open courtyard with perimeter columns and a central pool draining the rainwater. In the palace were a magnificent hall, a luxurious bathhouse, and a pair of deep pools, which were apparently ritual baths.

  7. Birbal - Wikipedia

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    Birbal was said to have received a two-storey house in Fatehpur Sikri within the palace complex, built close to Akbar's own chambers. He was said to enjoy having Birbal by his side and he was the only courtier to reside within the palace complex. [6] One of the seven gates is known as "Birbal's gate". [6]

  8. Generalife - Wikipedia

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    The Generalife (Spanish pronunciation: [xe.ne.ɾa.ˈli.fe]; Arabic: جَنَّة الْعَرِيف, romanized: Jannat al-‘Arīf) was a summer palace and country estate of the Nasrid rulers of the Emirate of Granada in Al-Andalus. It is located directly east of and uphill from the Alhambra palace complex in Granada, Spain.

  9. Ten Talents - Wikipedia

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    Ten Talents may refer to: Parable of the talents or minas, a parable in the Bible; Ten Talents, a 1968 vegetarian and vegan cookbook This ...