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Art

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Here are a few pictures I've found, for your enjoyment.  I'm sorry I don't remember from where, or I would add the links to original sources.

Unknown

Angor Wat Frieze

art

art

Battle of La Forbie, 1244, Al-Salih Ayyub 6th sultan of Ayyubid dynasty after Saladin versus crusaders. Last major defeat of crusader states after the battle of Hattin. Total collapse of crusader states.

Battle of La Forbie

dual-beach

Beach Duel

Capture

Capture

Glockner-blade-shamshirblade

Emile Glockner "The Blade" 1900

Bride-of-abydos

Eugène Delacroix "The Bride of Abydos" 1857

flyssa-arabstlife

Flyssa Still Life

Frenchview 1888

Frenchview 1888

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Harem Guard

Harem Guard

Harem Guard 2

Harem Guard2

Harem Guard2

Harem Guard3

Harem Guard3

Katzbalger, 1533, Melchior Feselen, Schlacht v. Alesia.  1a

Katzbalger, 1533, Melchior Feselen, Schlacht v. Alesia. 1a

kris

kris

Ludwig Deutsch

Ludwig Deutsch

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Mak

1533, Melchior Feselen, Schlacht v. Alesia. ARTOTHEK-002402 kl 1  untere Hälfte

Melchior Feselen, Schlacht v. Alesia. 1533

1533, Melchior Feselen, Schlacht v. Alesia. ARTOTHEK-002402 kl

Melchior Feselen, Schlacht v. Alesia. 1533

1533, Melchior Feselen, Schlacht v. Alesia. ARTOTHEK-002402 Kanonen, Zeltlager

Melchior Feselen, Schlacht v. Alesia.1533

Reynazari

Reynazari

Rudolph-Ernst-xx-The-Sword-Dancer-xx-Private-Collection

Rudolph Ernst "The Sword Dancer"

Shamshir

Shamshir

shivaji

shivaji

sikh warrior illustration

sikh warrior illustration

Sikhs_with_chakrams

Sikhs with chakrams

The Sultan

The Sultan

Unknown

Unknown 2

the_cavaliers_sword

William Breakspeare "The Cavaliers Sword"

Atkinson Collection: Swords and Knives by David J. Atkinson is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License 
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