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Model of a Greek Trireme. Displayed at Deutsches Museum, Munich, Germany.

Map of Lydia in the middle of the 6th century BCE. The red line shows an alternative interpretation of Lydia's ancient borders.

Poulnabrone Dolmen, County Clare, Ireland. Poulnabrone Dolmen (Poll na mBrón in Irish meaning "hole of sorrows") is a portal tomb in the Burren, County Clare, Ireland, dating back to the Neolithic period, probably between 4200 BC to 2900...

Approximate borders of the Greco-Bactrian kingdom under Euthydemos' reign (c.230BC - c.200BC). The kingdom included Bactria, Oxeiana, Sogdiana and Ferghana.

Ur-Nammu (seated) bestows governorship on Ḫašḫamer, patesi (high priest) of Iškun-Sin (cylinder seal impression, c. 2100 BCE). Greenstone seal(clay impression of the cylinder seal) of Hashhamer, Governor of Ishkun-Sin. Third Dynasty...

Possibly what the Greek historian Herodotus believed the world looked like (5th century BCE) based on his writings.

The empire of Sargon, late 24th century BCE.

Bronze head of an Akkadian ruler, probably Sargon the Great, c. 23rd - 22nd century BCE.

Approximate maximum extent of the Greco-Bactrian kingdom circa 180 BCE, including the regions of Tapuria and Traxiane to the West, Sogdiana and Ferghana to the north, Bactria and Arachosia to the south.

Satyrs making wine, dionysian bas-relief from altar of unknown date, National Archaeological Museum of Athens.