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Labelled map of Mari, modern-day Tell Hariri, Syria
A satellite photograph of the site of Tell Hariri, Syria. Tell Hariri is the site of the ancient city of Mari, which, at various times from c. 3000 BCE - c. 1760 BCE, controlled large portions of Northern Mesopotamia. The photograph has been...
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Modern Statue of Themis
Themis statue holding the Scales of Justice and a sword in front of the Hong Kong Court of Final Appeal Building (Old Supreme Court) with the Bank of China tower behind.
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The Largest Destruction of Animals in Modern History | The American Buffalo | A Film by Ken Burns
Official website: https://to.pbs.org/buffalo | #AmericanBuffaloPBS The scale of destruction of wild animals in the American West during the 19th century is the largest in known human history. When hide hunters ran out of buffalo, they...
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Map of the Dominant Religions in Europe, 16th Century - Shaping Nations Through Faith: The Religious Landscape of a Changing Continent
This map illustrates the major religious divisions across Europe during the 16th century, a period marked by the sweeping changes of the Reformation. As Protestant movements challenged the authority of the Catholic Church, the religious landscape...
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Europe After World War II (1945 to c. 1989)
This map illustrates the realities in Europe after the Second World War (1939-45), as the continent was divided between the Western bloc, backed by the United States, and the Eastern bloc, controlled by the Soviet Union. To rebuild Western...
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Map of Europe Before the Fall of Constantinople, c. 1450
This map illustrates the political landscape of Europe, East Asia, the Middle East, and North Africa around the year 1450 CE—a pivotal moment on the eve of major geopolitical transformations. At this time, the Byzantine Empire clung to its...
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The "Spring of Nations": Revolutionary Europe in 1848 - From Revolution to Reaction: Nationalism and Upheaval in Nineteenth-Century Europe
This map illustrates the sweeping republican revolts and political upheavals that erupted across Europe in 1848, a year known as the People's Spring or the Spring of Nations. Part of a broader continuum of revolutionary movements since the...
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Europe in 1815 after the Congress of Vienna
A map illustrating the dynamic borders in Europe following the Congress of Vienna (held between September 1814 and June 1815) aiming to balance power between the nations victorious over Napoleon: Russia, Great Britain, France, Austria, and...
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The Pont de l'Europe by Caillebotte
An 1876 oil on canvas, The Pont de l'Europe, by Gustave Caillebotte (1848-96) the French impressionist painter. Caillebotte uses the strong diagonal of the railway bridge to draw the viewer's eye down the street, following the dog. Such industrial...
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The Scientific Revolution in Europe
The Scientific Revolution in Europe, roughly 1500 to 1700, was a profound intellectual and cultural transformation that forever altered humanity's understanding of the natural world. The period witnessed a seismic shift from medieval beliefs...
