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 +[[Image:Callot, miseries of war.jpg|thumb|right|200px|''[[The Miseries and Disasters of War]]'' ([[1633]]) by [[Jacques Callot]]
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 +<small>With the 16th century ''[[The Miseries and Disasters of War]]'', French 17th artist [[Jacques Callot]] anticipated [[Goya]]'s ''[[Disasters of War]]'', both of them criticizing the [[horrors of war]] in their art</small>
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-'''Hanging''' is the suspension of a person by a ligature, usually a [[Hangman's knot|cord]] wrapped around the neck, causing death. Throughout history it has been used as a form of [[capital punishment]]. The first record of use is in the [[Persian Empire]] approximately 2,500 years ago, and some countries still use it today. It is also a common method of committing [[suicide]]. {{GFDL}}+'''Hanging''' is the suspension of a person by a ligature, usually a [[Hangman's knot|cord]] wrapped around the [[neck]], causing death. Throughout history it has been used as a form of [[capital punishment]]. The first record of use is in the [[Persian Empire]] approximately 2,500 years ago, and some countries still use it today. It is also a common method of committing [[suicide]].
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 +== See also ==
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 +*[[Tyburn]]
 +*[[Capital punishment]]
 +*[[Strangling]]
 +*[[Hand of Glory]]
 +*[[Gallows]]{{GFDL}}

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Hanging is the suspension of a person by a ligature, usually a cord wrapped around the neck, causing death. Throughout history it has been used as a form of capital punishment. The first record of use is in the Persian Empire approximately 2,500 years ago, and some countries still use it today. It is also a common method of committing suicide.

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