Images

A mural depicting a group of eunuchs, the slaves and influential advisors of many Chinese emperors. Mural from the tomb of the prince Zhanghuai, 706 CE, Qianling, Shaanxi, China.

Relief in the Karnak Temple, showing Thutmose III slaying Canaanite captives from the Battle of Megiddo, 15th century BCE.

An idealised portrait of King Wen of Zhou (11th century BCE), the first Chinese ruler to claim the Mandate of Heaven. Ming Period illustration.

Ruins of Megiddo.

Aerial view of Tel Megiddo. Photo taken by Itamar Grinberg for the Israeli Ministry of Tourism.

Wall relief, Luxor, Egypt.

List of peoples defeated by Thutmose III (1458-1425 BCE) in the Temple of Karnak, Egypt.

Statue of Thutmose III Calcite. Deir el-Medina. New Kingdom of Egypt, 18th Dynasty (1504-1452 BCE). Photo taken at the King Tut Exhibit in Seattle, 2012.

An illustration depicting Japanese Emperor Shirakawa (r. 1073-1086 CE).

An illustration depicting Japanese Emperor Toba (r. 1107-1123 CE)