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Stone Ramparts of the Inner Ward at Hara Castle
Stone ramparts of the inner ward at Hara Castle, photograph by Matthew Allison, 4 October 2025. Unlike much of Hara Castle at the end of the Shimabara Rebellion, the ishigaki (stone ramparts) that form the foundation of the inner ward were...
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Evliya Çelebi
A statue of Evliya Çelebi, photograph by Globetrotter19, 2016. Depicted here is a 2014 sculpture of Evliya Çelebi (1611-1682), created by Piros Rostás Bea, in a small memorial park at Eger Castle in Heves County, Hungary. Çelebi was the...
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Holi Celebration in the Mughal Period
Krishna and the gopis celebrate Holi, watercolour painting, c. 1765.
Holi is a festival of spring, of colours, and of happiness. This image depicts Holi being celebrated in the Mughal era.
Royal Collection Trust, Windsor.
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Map of the Spanish Empire and the Indies (c. 1500-1820)
The emergence of Spain as a global imperial power began with the dynastic union of the crowns of Castile and Aragon under Isabella I of Castile (reign 1474–1504) and Ferdinand II of Aragon (reign 1479–1516). Their reigns marked a turning...
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Map of the Roman Empire under the Flavians (69–96 CE) - Stability after Civil War
The territorial organization of the Roman Empire at the close of the Flavian dynasty (69–96 CE) reflects a period of consolidation following the political crisis that ended the Julio-Claudian line. After the turmoil of the Year of the Four...
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The Defence of Rorke's Drift
An 1880 oil on canvas painting The Defence of Rorke's Drift by Elizabeth Thompson, Lady Butler. The battle of Rorke's Drift saw a small mission station attacked by Zulu warriors during the Anglo-Zulu War of 1879.
Royal Collection
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John Chard
An 1881 photograph of John Chard, a lieutenant-colonel in the Royal Engineers who, as a lieutenant, famously led his men at the battle of Rorke's Drift, a small mission station attacked by Zulu warriors during the Anglo-Zulu War of 1879...
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Map of the Indus Valley Civilization, c. 3300-1300 BCE - Cities, Trade, and Settlement in the Bronze Age
The Indus Valley Civilization (c. 3300–1300 BCE) was one of the earliest complex societies of the Bronze Age world, extending across parts of present-day Pakistan and northwestern India. Its most developed phase, often called the Mature Harappan...
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Map of the Battlefield of the Trojan War c. 1200 BCE - Landscape of the Iliad
The battlefield traditionally associated with the Trojan War is described in the Iliad, attributed to Homer (traditionally dated c. 8th century BCE). The narrative situates the conflict between the Achaean coalition and the defenders of Troy...
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The Baths of the Roman Empire - The Architecture of Daily Life
Public bathhouses (balnea and large imperial thermae) were a defining feature of urban life across the Roman Empire (27 BCE–476 CE in the West). Building on earlier bathing traditions in the Greek world, the Romans expanded the concept into...
