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16th Century Morion Helmet
Image by Metropolitan Museum of Art

16th Century Morion Helmet

A typical steel morion helmet, a type worn across Europe in the 16th century and worn by conquistadors in the New World. Italian, c. 1570. (Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York)
China Warlords, 2nd-3rd century CE.
Image by SY

China Warlords, 2nd-3rd century CE.

A map showing the territories of the main Chinese warlords at the fall of the Han dynasty in the early 3rd century CE.
Rhine Frontier of the Roman Empire, 4th century CE.
Image by Andrei Nacu

Rhine Frontier of the Roman Empire, 4th century CE.

A map showing the Rhine frontier of the Roman Empire in the 4th century CE.
Roman Forum in the 5th Century BCE
Image by Ancient History Magazine / Karwansaray Publishers

Roman Forum in the 5th Century BCE

A painting of the Roman Forum as it probably would have appeared in the 5th Century BCE. By Vilius Petrauskas. Courtesy of Ancient History Magazine / Karwansaray Publishers.
East Roman Empire, 6th century CE
Image by William R. Shepherd

East Roman Empire, 6th century CE

East Roman Empire, 6th century CE, showing the territories of the Avars, Goths, Franks, Lombards, Saxons, Thuringians, Slavs.
17th Century Tortuga
Image by Unknown Artist

17th Century Tortuga

A 17th-century illustration of the buccaneer and pirate base of Tortuga, located on the northwest coast of Hispaniola (modern Haiti and the Dominican Republic).
Costa Rica, 16th century CE
Image by Rodtico21

Costa Rica, 16th century CE

Map of Costa Rica in the 16th century CE.
The South China Sea in the 18th Century
Image by R. Bonne & G. Raynal

The South China Sea in the 18th Century

A late-18th century map of the South China Sea. Drawn by Rigobert Bonne and G. Raynal
Rank Badge with Qilin (Late 17th Century)
Image by Unknown Artist

Rank Badge with Qilin (Late 17th Century)

Rank badge with qilin, silk and metallic thread embroidery on plain-weave silk patterned in gauze, by an unknown artist, China, late 17th century China. This embroidered rank badge is from the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911) and was used to indicate...
5th Century BCE Demareteion Coin
Image by Gina Pardo

5th Century BCE Demareteion Coin

An illustration of the so-called Demaretéion is a silver coin of ancient Syracuse (weighing around 43 g) rather rare and worth 10 drachmas. It is also known as a pentekontalitron because it was equivalent to 50 litrae (the litra was a silver...
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