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Portrait of Ali Pasha of Yanina
Portrait of Ali Pasha of Yanina, oil on canvas painting by Spyridon Ventouras, 1818. Ali Pasha served as the governor of Ottoman controlled Yanina (western Rumelia) and excercised a high level of autonomy separate from the sultanate in Constantinople...
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Lithograph of Miloš Obrenović
Miloš Obrenović, lithograph by unknown artist, included in Konstantin N. Nenadović's The life and works of the great Đorđe Petrović Kara-Đorđe, p.539, 1903. Prince of Serbia and a leading figure of Serbian nationalism in the 19th century...
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Ten Famous Aesop's Fables and Their Lessons - Foundational Moral Tales from the Ancient Hellenic World
An infographic of Aesop's Fables. For over two millennia, the fables have remained among the most influential moral tales in world literature. Traditionally dated to the 6th century BCE, likely during the reign of Croesus of Lydia (reign...
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The Julio-Claudian Dynasty, The Rise of Imperial Rome - From Augustus to Nero - Rome's First Imperial Family
The Julio-Claudian dynasty (27 BCE–68 CE) oversaw the establishment and consolidation of the Roman Empire following the political crises and civil wars that ended the Republic. Founded by Augustus (reign 27 BCE–14 CE), the dynasty created...
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Map of the Taifa Kingdoms of Iberia, 1031–1086 - Al-Andalus between Córdoba and the Almoravids
The first taifa period followed the collapse of Umayyad authority in al-Andalus. The Umayyad Emirate of Córdoba (756–929) had become the Caliphate of Córdoba (929–1031), but civil war and elite rivalry broke central power apart, leading to...
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Map of the American Revolutionary War, 1775–1783 - Campaigns, Battles & Naval Power in the War for Independence
The American Revolutionary War or American War of Independence (1775–1783) began as a crisis within the British Empire and developed into a war for sovereignty. Thirteen colonies in British North America resisted imperial taxation, tighter...
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Title Page of Georgius Agricola's De Re Metallica
Title page of Georgius Agricola's De re metallica, woodcut print, 1561.
National Library of Medicine, Bethesda.
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Great Trek Relief Sculpture
A detail of a relief sculpture by Peter Kirchhoff depicting the Great Trek of the 1830s, when Boers in Southern Africa migrated northwards away from British-controlled territory in order ot establish new independent settlements of their own...
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Map of the First Anglo-Boer War, 1880–1881 - Resistance, Imperial Overreach & the Limits of British Power
The First Anglo-Boer War (1880-1881) emerged from growing tensions following the British annexation of the South African Republic (Transvaal) in 1877 during the reign of Victoria (reign 1837-1901). The conflict reflected broader themes of...
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Fortified Village, Boer War
A local village fortified by the British during the Boer War (1899-1902). Photograph by William Skeoch Cumming.
Imperial War Museums, London
