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Map of the Akkadian Empire at Its Height, c. 2250 BCE - Sargon, Naram-Sin, and the Rise of Mesopotamian Empire
The Akkadian Empire (c. 2334–2154 BCE) is widely regarded as one of the earliest territorial empires in recorded history. Founded by Sargon of Akkad (reign...
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Joseph E. Johnston Portrait
Portrait of Joseph Eggleston Johnston , painting by Benjamin Franklin Reinhart, United States of America, c. 1860. Joseph E. Johnston was a senior Confederate general during the American Civil War and the highest-ranking...
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Joseph E. Lee and Robert E. Lee
A postwar photograph of Confederate generals Joseph E. Johnston (left) and Robert E. Lee (right), photograph by David J. Ryan, Georgia, c. 1870. This phot shows former high-ranking confederate generals Joseph E. Johnston...
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Stakhanov Drilling Coal
Alexei Stakhanov, a coal miner in the Donbas region, then within the USSR, photograph by Eleazar Langman, circa 1935. Stakhanov had far exceeded his work quota and was held up by the state as an example of productivity...
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Time Magazine Cover with Alexei Stakhanov
The cover of Time magazine (December 1935) showing Alexei Stakhanov, a coal miner in the Donbas region, then within the USSR. Stakhanov had far exceeded his work quota and was held up by the Soviet state as...
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Map of the Silk Roads of Eurasia, c. 780–800 - Trade Routes, Empires, and Cultural Exchange
In the late 8th century, the Silk Roads formed an interconnected network of overland caravan routes and maritime connections linking East Asia, Central Asia, India, the...
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Map of the Roman Republic and the Mediterranean, c. 90 BCE - On the Eve of the Mithridatic Wars
By c. 90 BCE, the Roman Republic had become the dominant power in the Mediterranean following its victories over Carthage and Macedonia. Roman authority extended from...
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John Esten Cooke - Author of one Account of Stuart's Ride Around McClellan
Virginia novelist, poet, and writer John Esten Cooke (1830-1886), engraving by an unknown artist. J. E. Cooke was first cousin to J. E. B. Stuart's wife, Flora, and Stuart's aide...
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Joseph Stalin by Brodsky
Soviet leader Joseph Stalin (1878-1953), ruler of the USSR from 1929 until 1953, painting by Isaak Brodsky, 1937.
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Nikolai Bukharin
Nikolai Bukharin (1888-1938), a prominent member of the Bolshevik Revolution and the ruling Soviet Communist Party, photographed in the 1920s.
