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A map illustrating the rise and spread of the Second Wave Civilizations between c. 500 BCE and 200 CE (including the Persians, the Greeks, the Romans, the Chinese, and India) with the flows of trade in major goods and resources.

Max Weber (l. 1874-1920), German sociologist, photo by Ernst Gottmann, 1918.

A map illustrating the rise and expansion of the Tsardom of Russia under the rule of Ivan IV Vasilyevich (commonly known as The Terrible, from the Russian “grozny“(грозный), Fearsome or Awe-inspiring). Originally a Grand Prince of Moscow...

Detail from the Apparition of the Buffalo Calf Maiden, painting by Frithjof Schuon, 1959. Image reproduction from the book Images of Primordial and Mystic Beauty: Paintings by Frithjof Schuon (World Wisdom 2003).

A 17th-century map by Jan van Loon of the cosmos as proposed by the astronomer and geographer Claudius Ptolemy (c. 100 - c. 170 CE).

The map of the world created by the astronomer and geographer Claudius Ptolemy (c. 100 - c. 170 CE). From a 15th-century book by Leinhart Holle. Made by the German cartographer Donnus Nicholas Germanus.

A 15th-century portrait of the astronomer and geographer Claudius Ptolemy (c. 100 - c. 170 CE) attributed to Justus van Gent or Pedro Berruguete. (Louvre Museum, Paris)

Aureus of Brutus, thought to have been struck in the late summer or autumn of 42 BCE at a military mint travelling with Marcus Junius Brutus and Cassius in western Asia Minor or northern Greece. Obverse: portrait of Brutus...

Hazuri Bagh Baradari (formerly known as Ranjit Singh's Baradari), built by Sikh ruler Maharaja Ranjit Singh in 1818, in Lahore, Pakistan. In Urdu, bara means "twelve," and dar means "door." Thus, baradari is the name given to a building...

Interior View of the Medicine Lodge, Mandan O‑kee-pa Ceremony, oil on canvas by George Catlin, 1832. Smithsonian American Art Museum