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A map illustrating the rise and expansion (c. 1750 - 1200 BCE) of the Hittites, ancient Anatolian people who spoke an Indo-European language. At its height around the mid-14th century BCE, the Hittite empire ruled most of Asia Minor from...

Johannisburg Palace, the second residence of the Electoral Archbishops of Mainz until 1803, is located in the centre of Aschaffenburg on the banks of the Main, Bavaria. The mighty four-wing complex, built between 1605 and 1614 under...

Ruins of the New Pleasure House (Lusthaus), Stuttgart Palace Garden. One of the most important buildings of the German Renaissance, it underwent numerous conversions, which was followed by demolition in 1844/45. The remains were moved...

Statute of William the Silent (l. 1533-1584, also known as William of Orange), made by Flemish sculptor Louis Royer, unveiled on 5 June 1848. Het Plein, Den Haag.

The iconoclasts, oil painting by Jan Michiel Ruyten, mid-19th century. Groeningemuseum, Bruges.

Iconoclasm in a Church, oil on panel painting by Dirck van Delen, the Netherlands, 1630. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.

Portrait van Menno Simons on the title page of Opera omnia theologica, by Jan Luyken, 1681. Amsterdam Museum.

Melchior Hoffman (l. c. 1495 to c. 1543), portrait by Christoffel van Sichem, Amsterdam, 1600. Staatliche Graphische Sammlung, München.

A scene from the 16th-century Codex Telleriano-Remensis showing the death of Pedro de Alvarado (c. 1485-1541), the Spanish conquistador who became the first governor of Guatemala in 1527. Alvarado was killed in Mexico when his horse fell...

A colourised version of an early 20th-century portrait of Pedro de Alvarado (c. 1485-1541), the Spanish conquistador who became the first governor of Guatemala in 1527. Original illustration by Tomás Povedano.