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Potala Palace, Tibet
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Potala Palace, Tibet

A 1938 photograph of the Potala Palace in Lhasa, Tibet Autonomous Region. The palace was first built in the 17th century and was the residence of the Dalai Lamas. In the foreground Buddhist monks use traditional horned instruments...
Dog-Shaped Gold Amulet From Kish
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Dog-Shaped Gold Amulet From Kish - Neo-Babylonian Period, 700-500 BCE

Dog-shaped amulet, gold sculpture, Kish, modern-day Babil Governorate, Iraq, 700-500 BCE. Kish, in ancient Mesopotamia, was one of the major centres of political power and economic activity...
Map of the Second Punic War (218 - 201 BCE)
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Map of the Second Punic War (218 - 201 BCE) - Hannibal, Scipio, Rome, and the fall of Carthaginian power

The Second Punic War (218–201 BCE) was the decisive conflict between the Roman Republic and Carthage for dominance in the western Mediterranean. It grew out...
Janissary Uniform, Early 19th Century
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Janissary Uniform, Early 19th Century

Illustration of a Janissary's uniform, drawing by John Heaviside Clark, included in Thomas McLean's The Military Costume of Turkey. Illustrated by a Series of Engravings, from Drawings Made on the Spot, plate...
Portrait of Miklós Horthy 1927
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Portrait of Miklós Horthy 1927

Painting of Admiral Miklós Horthy, oil on canvas painting by Philip de László, Gödöllő, 1927. This painting depicts Admiral Miklós Horthy, regent of Hungary during the interwar period and most of World War II. Hungarian...
Map of the Dutch Commercial Empire, c. 1665
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Map of the Dutch Commercial Empire, c. 1665 - A Global Network of Commerce, Exploration and Maritime Power

A map of the Dutch commercial empire which reached its height during the Dutch Golden Age (c. 1588-1672), when the Dutch Republic (1588-1795) emerged as one...
Map of the Norman World, c. 1130
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Map of the Norman World, c. 1130 - From Viking Settlers to a Trans-Mediterranean Networks

The Norman world (c. 10th–13th centuries CE) was not a single unified empire, but a far-reaching network of Norman-ruled principalities, kingdoms, military expeditions...
Twelve Greatest Imperial Expansions of a Single Reign
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Twelve Greatest Imperial Expansions of a Single Reign - History's Greatest Empire Builders

Imperial expansion has been one of the most significant forces shaping world history, transforming regional states into vast, multiethnic empires that connected distant...
Bell Piano with Ivory Keys
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Bell Piano with Ivory Keys

A photograph showing a detail of a Canadian Bell piano with ivory and ebony keys.
Transporting Ivory, French Congo
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Transporting Ivory, French Congo

A c. 1902 photograph showing Africans transporting ivory in French Congo.
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