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No other Roman emperor travelled as much as Hadrian (r. 117-138 CE). The 'restless' emperor spent more time travelling than in Rome, devoting half of his 21-year reign to the inspection of the provinces. His travels provided him with the...

Confucianism is a philosophy developed in 6th-century BCE China, which is considered by some a secular-humanist belief system, by some a religion, and by others a social code. The broad range of subjects touched on by Confucianism lends itself...

This map illustrates Marco Polo's travels (1271 - 1295), which spanned vast regions of Asia, including the Middle East, Central Asia, and China, where he served at the court of Kublai Khan. Polo journeyed along the Silk Road, encountering...

A map illustrating the Roman Empire at the time of the Roman emperor Hadrian. He came to power in 117 CE as the successor of emperor Trajan and ruled until the end of his life in 138 CE, spending more than half of his reign outside Italy...

A map illustrating the travels of the English polymath (astronomer, mathematician, geophysicist, and meteorologist, …) Edmond Halley (1656–1742) during the late 17th and early 18th centuries. From his earlier voyage on an East India Company...

Mencius (l. 372-289 BCE, also known as Mang-Tze or Mang-Tzu) was a Confucian philosopher during The Warring States Period in China (c. 481-221 BCE) and is considered the greatest after Confucius himself for his interpretation, formulation...

Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe (Edited by Thomas Keymer and co-annotator James Kelly) https://global.oup.com/academic/product/robinson-crusoe-9780199553976 Script: Thomas Keymer Series Producers: Harry Orme, Eleanor Chilvers and...

A map showing the 1332-47 CE travels of Ibn Battuta (l. 1304-1368/69 CE) in Egypt. Battuta was a Moroccan explorer from Tangier whose expeditions took him further than any other known traveller of his time and resulted in the work which has...

A map showing the 1325-32 CE travels of Ibn Battuta (l. 1304-1368/69 CE) in Egypt. Battuta was a Moroccan explorer from Tangier whose expeditions took him further than any other known traveler of his time and resulted in the work which has...

A map illustrating the travels of Emperor Hadrian between 128 and 134 CE.