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Map of the Bulgarian Empire under Tsar Samuel - Campaigns against Byzantium and the Struggle for the Balkans
On 3 October 2026, Greece is handing over to Bulgaria the remains identified as those of Tsar Samuel (Samuil), ruler of Bulgaria from 997 to 1014. Discovered...
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Map of the The Roman Empire under the Flavian Dynasty, c. 96 - Provinces, Frontiers, and Expansion after 69 CE
The Roman Empire at the close of the Flavian dynasty (69–96 CE) reflected a period of political recovery and administrative consolidation following the...
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Song Paper Money
An example of paper money used in Song Dynasty China (960-1279).
From Ancient Chinese Cash Notes - The World's First Paper Money by John E. Sandrock.
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Map of the Growth of Christianity in the Roman Empire - From Early Communities to Imperial Christianity, 30–451
The growth of Christianity in the Roman Empire from the 1st to the 5th centuries transformed a small religious movement rooted in Roman Judaea into one...
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Death of Wat Tyler
A 1796 engraving showing the death of Wat Tyler, one of the leaders of the Peasants' Revolt in England in 1381. Here he is executed by Sir William Walworth. Tyler's head was displayed on London Bridge.
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Peterss & Dzerzhinsky
A c. 1918 photograph showing the Bolsheviks Jekabs Peterss and Felix Dzerzhinsky in Moscow. The latter was the head of Cheka, the Bolshevik secret police responsible for conducting the wave of repression and executions against...
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Pro-Cheka Demonstrators
A 1918 photograph showing pro-Cheka Bolsheviks holding a banner which reads: "Death to the bourgeois and their helpers. Long live the Red Terror." The Cheka was the Bolshevik secret police and repsonsible for conducting...
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Felix Dzerzhinsky
A c. 1918 photograph of Felix Dzerzhinsky (1877-1926), head of the Soviet government's Cheka, the secret police.
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Emperor Joseph II at the Plow
Sign depicting Emperor Joseph II at the plow, oil on metal, circa 1780-1790. This painting commemorates Joseph II's furrowing of farmer Andreas Trnka's field in Slavikovice, Moravia, on the evening of 19 August 1769...
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Emperor Joseph II and Sultan Achmet IV
Illustration depicting negotiations between Emperor Joseph II and Sultan Achmet IV, copperplate engraving, 1788. Although the engraving portrays the Ottoman figure as a "Sultan Achmet IV", the Austro-Turkish...
