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Brass incense burner with silver inlays, Egypt or Syria, 15th century AD Medieval (500 AD - 1600 AD)

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Ornate water basin, Iran, 14th century AD Medieval (500 AD - 1600 AD)

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Calligraphy wall tile, glazed earthenware, Iran, 13th-14th century AD Medieval (500 AD - 1600 AD)

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Decorated cup, Spain, 16th century AD Medieval (500 AD - 1600 AD)

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Ornate purse hinge, iron and gold, Italy, ~1570 AD Medieval (500 AD - 1600 AD)

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Gold and copper coins of the Tang Dynasty, China, between 618 AD – 907 AD Medieval (500 AD - 1600 AD)

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Brass bucket, Flanders, ~1500 AD Medieval (500 AD - 1600 AD)

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Decorated ceramic jug, Italy, 16th-17th century AD Medieval (500 AD - 1600 AD) Early Modern (1600 AD-1800 AD)

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Ornate iron door knockers, Germany, late 16th century AD Medieval (500 AD - 1600 AD)

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Gilded half-armor, Italy, ~1540 AD Medieval (500 AD - 1600 AD)

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Ornate brass pitcher, Venice, Italy, ~1550 AD Medieval (500 AD - 1600 AD)

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Close-up of an ornate iron chest lock, Spain, ~1500 AD Medieval (500 AD - 1600 AD)

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Bronze mortar, Italy, 1505 AD Medieval (500 AD - 1600 AD)

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Viking Comb, Ipswich, late 9th Century Medieval (500 AD - 1600 AD)

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Context: https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-suffolk-68685682

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Turkish style helmet made in Germany, 1560 AD - 1580 AD Medieval (500 AD - 1600 AD)

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Ceramic camel, China, 7th century AD Medieval (500 AD - 1600 AD)

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Two Byzantine gold rings, Greece or Anatolia?, ~6th century AD Medieval (500 AD - 1600 AD)

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Dagger made of a single piece of iron, India, 16th century AD Medieval (500 AD - 1600 AD)

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'Theta' mail armor, India, 16th-17th century AD Medieval (500 AD - 1600 AD) Early Modern (1600 AD-1800 AD)

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Norse tortoise brooch, Northern Europe?, 10th century AD Medieval (500 AD - 1600 AD)

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Bow associated with Sa'd ibn Abi Waqqas, Arabian peninsula, 7th century AD Medieval (500 AD - 1600 AD)

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Clay figurines, Korea, 1st millennium AD Medieval (500 AD - 1600 AD)

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Lynx earrings from the medieval Armenian settlement of Ani, now part of Turkiye, ~1000 AD? Medieval (500 AD - 1600 AD)

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Wooden religious figurine, Ming Dynasty China, between 1368 AD - 1644 AD Medieval (500 AD - 1600 AD) Early Modern (1600 AD-1800 AD)

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Two silver seals, one with a turtle and one with a mythical beast, Ming Dynasty China, sometime between 1368 AD - 1644 AD Medieval (500 AD - 1600 AD) Early Modern (1600 AD-1800 AD)

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War elephant figurine, gilded silver, Germany, ~1600 AD Medieval (500 AD - 1600 AD) Early Modern (1600 AD-1800 AD)

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Zimbabwe Bird at Great Zimbabwe, southeastern Zimbabwe, 1000-1300CE Medieval (500 AD - 1600 AD)

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Context: These birds were found in the ruins of Great Zimbabwe.

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Drinking cup in the shape of a vineyard worker with basket, silver and gilding, Poland, ~1580 AD Medieval (500 AD - 1600 AD)

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Ornate gold-plated tankard, Germany, mid-late 16th century AD Medieval (500 AD - 1600 AD)

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Bronze figurine of Hercules wrestling the Nemean Lion, Italy, 16th century AD Medieval (500 AD - 1600 AD)

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Gold cicada on a jade leaf, Ming-dynasty China, 15th century AD Medieval (500 AD - 1600 AD)

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The Skeleton of St.Pancras, Switzerland Medieval (500 AD - 1600 AD)

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Minecart, Romania, 16th century AD Medieval (500 AD - 1600 AD)

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Two medieval boots found in Norwich, England, dated to the 15th century AD Medieval (500 AD - 1600 AD)

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Anthropomorphic zodiac figurines, Korea, 9th century AD Medieval (500 AD - 1600 AD)

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Sapphire ring, Austria, ~1400 AD Medieval (500 AD - 1600 AD)

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Plated mail, India, 16th-17th century AD Medieval (500 AD - 1600 AD) Early Modern (1600 AD-1800 AD)

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Anthropomorphic zodiac figurines, Tang Dynasty China, 8th or 9th century AD? Medieval (500 AD - 1600 AD)

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Bronze warhammer head in the shape of an elephant, Iran, 11th-12th century AD Medieval (500 AD - 1600 AD)

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Wooden name tag, Korea, date unknown? Medieval (500 AD - 1600 AD) Early Modern (1600 AD-1800 AD)

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Steel helmet, Egypt or Syria, 14th-15th century AD Medieval (500 AD - 1600 AD)

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"Sallet" type helmet, Austria, 1510 AD Medieval (500 AD - 1600 AD)

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Pavise shield, Czechia, ~1450 AD Medieval (500 AD - 1600 AD)

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Ceremonial arrowheads, Prague, 1437 AD-1439 AD Medieval (500 AD - 1600 AD)

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Toothpick case, England, 16th century AD Medieval (500 AD - 1600 AD)

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Silver ring with a portrait of a woman, Italy, 15th century AD Medieval (500 AD - 1600 AD)

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Gold coin ('hyperpyron'), Constantinople (now Istanbul), Byzantine Empire, 1081-1118 AD Medieval (500 AD - 1600 AD)

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Silver ring brooch, Italy, 13th century AD Medieval (500 AD - 1600 AD)

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Silver Frankish brooch, France, 6th century AD Medieval (500 AD - 1600 AD)

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Ornate knife, Italy, 16th century AD Medieval (500 AD - 1600 AD)

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Griffin water vessel, gold, silver, and bronze, Germany, ~1120 AD Medieval (500 AD - 1600 AD)

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Water jug in the shape of a goose, copper alloy, Iran, 12th century AD Medieval (500 AD - 1600 AD)

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Belt Cup with Dragon Handle, Central Asia, late 13th or early 14th century AD Medieval (500 AD - 1600 AD)

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Bejewelled foot reliquary, Switzerland, ~1450 AD Medieval (500 AD - 1600 AD)

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Tile of gold-glass, Syria, 7th-8th century AD Medieval (500 AD - 1600 AD)

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Bird-shaped vessel, Sicily, 12th-13th century AD Medieval (500 AD - 1600 AD)

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Gold dinar, Umayyad Caliphate, found in modern-day Lebanon, 694 AD-695 AD Medieval (500 AD - 1600 AD)

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Umayyad Gold Dinar, 723 AD Medieval (500 AD - 1600 AD)

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Decorated glass dish, Egypt, 8th-9th century AD Medieval (500 AD - 1600 AD)

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Silver pendant with a bird and crossbows, the Netherlands, 1600 AD Medieval (500 AD - 1600 AD)

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Gold Umayyad coin, probably minted in Damascus, 691 AD-692 AD Medieval (500 AD - 1600 AD)

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Pocket Sundial, Anglo-Saxon, 10th century AD Medieval (500 AD - 1600 AD)

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7-Barrel Wheellock Pistol, Nuremberg, Germany, 1560 AD - 1596 AD Medieval (500 AD - 1600 AD)

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Polish 'Bechter' Mail-and-Plate Armor, ~1560 AD Medieval (500 AD - 1600 AD)

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Steel war mask, Anatolia or Western Iran, 15th century AD Medieval (500 AD - 1600 AD)

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Japanese armor, 1573 AD-1614 AD Medieval (500 AD - 1600 AD) Early Modern (1600 AD-1800 AD)

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Wheellock target-shooting rifle, Germany, ~1590 AD Medieval (500 AD - 1600 AD)

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Halberd, Poland, 1550 AD-1650 AD Medieval (500 AD - 1600 AD) Early Modern (1600 AD-1800 AD)

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Planispheric Astrolabe Inscribed in Judaeo-Arabic, Spain, ~1300 AD Medieval (500 AD - 1600 AD)

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Medieval game pieces, Germany, 11th or 12th century AD Medieval (500 AD - 1600 AD)

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Musketeer's powder flask, iron, Western Europe, 16th or 17th century AD Medieval (500 AD - 1600 AD) Early Modern (1600 AD-1800 AD)

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Silver Temple Pendant, Kyiv, Ukraine, 11th-12th century AD Medieval (500 AD - 1600 AD)

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Nose Ornament with Shrimp, Peru, 500 AD-800 AD Medieval (500 AD - 1600 AD)

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Silver ring, Kyiv, Ukraine, 1000 AD-1200 AD Medieval (500 AD - 1600 AD)

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Bird-shaped incense burner, brass, Iran, 12th century AD Medieval (500 AD - 1600 AD)

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Earthenware lamp-holder, Iran, 9th-10th century AD Medieval (500 AD - 1600 AD)

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Temple pendant, gold and enamel, Kyiv, Ukraine, 11th-12th century AD Medieval (500 AD - 1600 AD)

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Mail shirt, Germany, late 14th or early 15th century AD Medieval (500 AD - 1600 AD)

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Coral in a Kunstkammer, a 'Curiousity Cabinet', a popular means of displaying upper-class wealth and learning in the early modern period; example from Austria? Late 1500s AD Medieval (500 AD - 1600 AD)

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Gold coin of the Kilwa Sultanate, Tanzania, 14th century AD Medieval (500 AD - 1600 AD)

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Damaged statuette of a woman, copper, Nigeria, 13th-14th century AD Medieval (500 AD - 1600 AD)

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Three re-enactors, one in reconstruction of Viking-age armor (left), Chinese brigandine armor (middle) and Imperial Roman chain mail (right) Classical Antiquity (~800 BCE - 500 AD) Medieval (500 AD - 1600 AD)

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Ornament with raised arms, copper alloy, Mali, 13th-15th century AD Medieval (500 AD - 1600 AD)

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Document from Emperor Charlemagne, Westphalia, 813 AD Medieval (500 AD - 1600 AD)

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Preserved blacksmith's forge (still usable!), Bukhara, Uzbekistan, 16th century AD Medieval (500 AD - 1600 AD)

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Wooden tablet showing a Persian man working at the Japanese Imperial Academy, 765 AD Medieval (500 AD - 1600 AD)

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Japanese re-enactors in Sengoku Jidai era (16th century AD) armor and matchlock guns Medieval (500 AD - 1600 AD)

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"Drinking Vessel Depicting Otherworldly Toad, Jaguar, and Serpent", Mayan, c.650-800 CE Medieval (500 AD - 1600 AD)

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A painted ceramic vessel in the Codex Style. It depicts a wayob’, the companion spirit of a Mayan ruler. This one is a toad which is wearing a jade bead necklace (there are two different animals, not visible, located around the back of the cup). There is also writing in Mayan glyphs, some of which declare the vessels purpose: drinking cacao.

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Gilded parade armor, made in Antwerp, 16th century AD Medieval (500 AD - 1600 AD)

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Gilded parade armor, made in Antwerp, 16th century AD
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Gun combination weapon, Nuremberg, Germany, ~1600 AD Medieval (500 AD - 1600 AD)

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Gun combination weapon, Nuremberg, Germany, ~1600 AD
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Ring engraved with 'for Allah' found in a Viking grave, Sweden, dated mid-800s AD Medieval (500 AD - 1600 AD)

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Ring engraved with 'for Allah' found in a Viking grave, Sweden, dated mid-800s AD
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Byzantine wedding ring, gold with niello etching, Byzantine Egypt, 6th-7th century AD Medieval (500 AD - 1600 AD)

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Byzantine wedding ring, gold with niello etching, Byzantine Egypt, 6th-7th century AD
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German boar-hunting sword, 16th century AD Medieval (500 AD - 1600 AD)

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German boar-hunting sword, 16th century AD
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Reconstruction of a hand-pumped Byzantine flamethrower, Medieval period Medieval (500 AD - 1600 AD)

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Reconstruction of a hand-pumped Byzantine flamethrower, Medieval period
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Devotional depiction of the crib of the Infant Jesus, South Netherlands, 15th century AD Medieval (500 AD - 1600 AD)

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Devotional depiction of the crib of the Infant Jesus, South Netherlands, 15th century AD
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World's oldest known football, Scotland, ~1540 AD Medieval (500 AD - 1600 AD)

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World's oldest known football, Scotland, ~1540 AD
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'Swordbreaker' parrying dagger for catching and binding enemy swords, Italy, ~1600 AD Medieval (500 AD - 1600 AD)

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'Swordbreaker' parrying dagger for catching and binding enemy swords, Italy, ~1600 AD
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Chesspiece (Rook equivalent) from Scotland, depicting a Norse berserker biting his shield, 12th century AD Medieval (500 AD - 1600 AD)

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Chesspiece (Rook equivalent) from Scotland, depicting a Norse berserker biting his shield, 12th century AD
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Anglo-Saxon belt buckle, with diagram of representations, England, early 7th century AD Medieval (500 AD - 1600 AD)

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Anglo-Saxon belt buckle, with diagram of representations, England, early 7th century AD
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Warrior's container for a hair comb, bone, Germany, ~7th century AD Medieval (500 AD - 1600 AD)

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Warrior's container for a hair comb, bone, Germany, ~7th century AD
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