The Heraldry of the German Empire and the Kingdom of Prussia. The Heraldry of the German Empire and the Kingdom of Prussia. Open images in a new tab to view full size. Königlicher Standard der König von Preußen. Königlicher Standard des Kronprinzen von Preußen. Heraldischen Krone des Königreichs Preußen. Kaiserliche Fahne der deutschen Kaiser. Kaiserkrone des Heiligen Römischen Reiches.

Ludwig Mies van der Rohe. LUDWIG MIES van der ROHE. He is commonly referred to and was addressed as Mies, his surname. He is widely regarded as one of the pioneering masters of modern architecture. He created an influential twentieth-century architectural style, stated with extreme clarity and simplicity. Mies was born in Aachen, Germany.

The House of Osman - Osmanlı Hânedanı. A history of the Ottoman Empire in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Ottoman rulers were known primarily by the title of Sultan. However, the Ottomans under Abdulhamid I claimed a diplomatic victory, the recognition of themselves as protectors of Muslims in Russia as part of the peace treaty. Around 1880 Sultan Abdulhamid II reasserted the title as a way of countering creeping European colonialism in Muslim lands.

It is the smallest of the three palaces built by King Ludwig II of Bavaria and the only one which he lived to see completed. The fountain itself is nearly 25 meters high. Linderhof Castle is an ornate palace in neo-French Rococo style, with handsome formal gardens.

The Great War - 1914-1918. ENGLAND and the GREAT WAR. The had been no other war like it, and no one contemplated another war so devastating or so terrible.

الفاطميون - The Fatamids - a Different Egypt. Its sovereignty spanned a large area of North Africa, from the Red Sea in the east to the Atlantic Ocean in the west. Originally based in Tunisia, the dynasty ruled across the Mediterranean coast of Africa and ultimately made Egypt. The center of the caliphate. The Fatimid state took shape among the Berber Kutama, the people of Algeria.

المملكة المصرية - Royal Egypt from the time of Mohammed Ali Pasha to the present day. Portrait in oils by Auguste Couder. On her ruins I will build a vast kingdom. up to the Euphrates and the Tigris. Courtyard of the Muhammad Ali Mosque - Cairo.

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