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The East India House Inscription
Image by Osama Shukir Muhammed Amin

The East India House Inscription

Building Babylon: this inscribed stone was found at the ruins of Babylon and described the religious devotion and civic achievement of king Nebuchadnezzar II. The long inscription records that as well as building the Processional Way and...
Maryland, Dutch East Indies
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Maryland, Dutch East Indies

A Swiss plantation in the Dutch East Indies bought in 1881 by Karl Krüsi (1855–1925) and named after Mary, his wife. In 1893, he sold it for a fortune and built the Villa Sumatra Zurich’s Sumatrastrasse. Manager House in Deli, Karl Krüsi...
History of the English East India Company
Video by Kelly Macquire

History of the English East India Company

Did you know the English East India Company’s tea trade was fueled by the opium trade? The English East India Company (EIC) – also known as the British East India Company – was an immensely successful trading company founded in 1600...
A New History of the Ancient Near East with Amanda Podany
Video by Kelly Macquire

A New History of the Ancient Near East with Amanda Podany

Weavers, Scribes, and Kings: A New History of the Ancient Near East by Amanda H. Podany is a unique history of the ancient Near East that compellingly presents the life stories of kings, priestesses, merchants, bricklayers, and others. Rather...
East Pagoda, Yakushiji
Image by Frank Gualtieri

East Pagoda, Yakushiji

The East Pagoda of Yakushiji temple, Nara, Japan. The three-story pagoda is original and dates to the 8th century CE and rises to a height of 33 metres (108 ft).
East India Company Trooper & Sepoy
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East India Company Trooper & Sepoy

An 1839 illustration showing a trooper and sepoy (Indian recruit) of the East India Company army. 27th Regiment of Madras Native Infantry. (British Library, London)
East India Company Madras Army
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East India Company Madras Army

A 19th-century illustration showing officers and sepoys (Indian recruits) of the East India Company's Madras army.
Dutch East India Company's Warehouse and Living Quarters
Image by Pieter van den Broecke

Dutch East India Company's Warehouse and Living Quarters

Dutch East India Company's warehouse and living quarters in Surat, India, as seen in April 1629 by Pieter van den Broecke (1585-1640), a Dutch cloth merchant in the service of the VOC.
Map of Mesopotamia and the Ancient Near East, c. 1300 BCE
Image by Jan van der Crabben

Map of Mesopotamia and the Ancient Near East, c. 1300 BCE

Map of Mesopotamia and the Ancient Near East c. 1300 BCE, showing the period of Great Powers, with the six large kingdoms and empires (the Hittites, the Mycenaean Civilization, Assyria, Babylonia, Elam and the New Kingdom of Egypt) co-existing...
Estado da India
Definition by Mark Cartwright

Estado da India

The Estado da India (1505-1961) was the name the Portuguese gave to that part of their empire which stretched from India to East Asia. However, in its widest sense, the name includes all Portuguese colonies east of the Cape of Good Hope and...
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