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Here are just a few photos of us at Comic Con. Click on the thumbnails below to see the full-sized photos. Our new Conan armor on display We love it when Boba Fett stops by Anthony Daniels stops by to see us Some members of the 501st come by for a visit Some more guys from the 501st come by Anakin Skywalker from the Clone Wars...

In 1565, Suleiman the Magnificent, Sultan of Turkey and Emperor of the Ottoman Empire, launched a flotilla of 200 Turkish ships carrying 40,000 fighting men with the intention of further domination of the Mediterranean Sea. In May of that year they laid siege to the small, vitally strategic island of Malta. The Christians consisted knights, local peasant soldiers and a few thousand Maltese soldiers. Jean de Valette was in command of the defense,...

The Viking was a terror on land but maybe more known for the trouble caused from their now famous long ships (801300). Any coastal European town that could be reached in the high prowed, low draft ships was fair game. Even amongst themselves, wars were fought frequently from the decks of these large warships....