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TRK697413: Mesopotamian art. Neo-Babylonian. Ishtar Gate, one of the eight gates of the inner wall of Babylon. Built in the year 575 B.C. during the reign of Nebuchadnezzar II (604-562 BC) using glazed blue brick with alternating rows of basrelief with dragons mushussu, also called sirrush, and aurochs. It was dedicated to the Babylonian goddess Ishtar. Rebuilt in 1930. A dragon. Pergamon Museum. Berlin. Germany. Pergamon Museum. Berlin. Germany. / Bridgeman Images
TRK697426: History of the Jews. Middle Ages. Miniauture depicting the Sacrifice of Isaac, taken from a Machzor (prayer book liturgy for Jewish holidays). Dated at the beginning of 14th century. Reproduction. The original one is in the Bodleian Library (Oxford) Jewish Museum Berlin. Germany. / Bridgeman Images
TRK697440: POLAND. KRAKOW. View of the Central Market Square with Saint Mary's Basilica founded in 1222 by the Bishop of Krakow Iwo Odrowaz and destroyed by the Tartars in 1241.The actual building was built between 1345 and 1408 with two towers of the fourteenth century with later additions in different styles. / Bridgeman Images