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I had heard about Bosphorus in reference to Greek mythology where the priestess Io crosses the strait, which provides origin for its name. I do not have much familiarity beyond this (and the Ottoman/British relations there), which is why I chose a drawing of Io to represent Bosphorus.

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I chose this image because it is how I understand Cyrus in its modern sense: as a politically/religiously divided country. I do not know how this division represented on this map has been historically produced/how it might mirror medieval tensions.

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I chose this image of The Great Mosque of Al Qayrawan to represent the city because I do not know much about Tunisia except that this monument is a UNESCO heritage site. It seems to have endured many centuries of regional change.

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As a coastal principality, I wanted this image to represent sea voyages that could have been taken from Dalmatia, which is why I chose a photo of this medieval (replica) ship. Water ports have been sites of extreme contention and I am interested in learning more about this.

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I chose this image of the painting by August Migette to represent Cologne. This painting was of the massacre of the Rhineland Jewish people. Cologne was one of the places where Jewish people were targeted during these series of attacks.

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Granada (and Medieval Spain more widely) interests me as the site of the Reconquista. I chose this image because I rarely see depictions of women at the table/engaged in decision making about states. Here, Queen Isabella is involved in the establishment of the Spanish Crown back in Granada.

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From what I know of Antioch is that it served as the capital for multiple empires. I chose this image of temple ruins there from the Roman period to capture a moment in between the changing hands of empire.

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For Sicily, I used an image of Mount Etna , which emerged from shifts between the African and Eurasian tectonic plates. I am interested into pre-modern responses to climate disaster and emergency—how did they shape political decisions?

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I chose this image to demonstrate the multiple modern day states that the Euphrates crosses through. I did not know how to pinpoint a river, but I am interested in the blur between imaginary/projected and real demarcations that result in border contention.

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This is a screengrab from the movie "Kingdom of Heaven," which is based on the Third Crusade where the Battle of Hattin took place. I chose this because I am interested in how media depictions of the Crusades deepen misunderstandings of the area during this time through a projection of modern day conflicts.