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Painting dramatizing the Drownings at Nantes during the Reign of Terror. By an anonymous author, housed in the Château des ducs de Bretagne.

Portrait of Jean-Baptiste Carrier, who oversaw the slaughter of thousands of people during the Drownings at Nantes, part of the Reign of Terror. Drawing by Georges-François-Marie Gabriel, late 18th century. In the Musée Carnavalet.

Depiction of the Drownings at Nantes during the Reign of Terror; engraving by Charles François Gabriel Levache, c. 1797-1817. Housed in the Bibliothèque nationale de France.

A map illustrating the rise and apogee of the First French Empire, the dominant force in the European continent between 1804 and 1814 (and briefly for Hundred Days in 1815) under Napoleon Bonaparte. The Napoleonic Wars established French...

An illustration of a 19th-century indigo factory in Bengal, India. (From William Simpson's 'India: Ancient and Modern').

The tomb of the Mughal princess Roshanara Begum (1617-71), daughter of Queen Mumtaz Mahal (1593-1631) and Shah Jahan (r. 1628-1658), emperor of the Mughal Empire. Delhi, India.

A 1632 portrait of Jahanara Begum (1614-81), daughter of Queen Mumtaz Mahal (1593-1631) and Shah Jahan (r. 1628-1658), emperor of the Mughal Empire. (British Library, London)

A 19th-century illustration showing a seated Queen Mumtaz Mahal (1593-1631), wife of Shah Jahan (r. 1628-1658), emperor of the Mughal Empire. Shah Jahan famously built the Taj Mahal for Mumtaz Mahal.

Silver Mughal coin bearing the name of Queen Nur Jahan (c. 1577-1645), wife of the Mughal Emperor Jahangir (r. 1605-1627).

A c. 1725 idealised portrait of Queen Nur Jahan (c. 1577-1645), wife of the Mughal Emperor Jahangir (r. 1605-1627). (Los Angeles County Museum of Art)