Images

A cartoon from Punch magazine parodying the British suppression of the Sepoy Mutiny in India of 1857-8. Cartoon by John Tenniel, 1857.

A map illustrating the extent and composition of the British Raj (from Hindi for kingdom, government) - a period of direct British rule over the subcontinent of India that started in 1858. After the Sepoy Mutiny of 1857, the Act for the Better...

Henri de La Rochejaquelein leads the rebel Vendeans forward during the Battle of Cholet in the War in the Vendée. By Paul-Émile Boutigny, circa 19th century. Museum of Art and History, Cholet.

The Vendean rebels cross the Loire at the beginning of their ill-fated march dubbed "the Northwind Turn". The wounded General Louis-Marie de Lescure is prominently visible in the boat. Painting by Jules Girardet, 1882. Birkenhead Museum...

Massacre of Mocheoul on 11 March 1793, when Vendean rebels killed up to 500 Republic sympathizers, beginning the bloody War in the Vendée (1793-1796), painting by François Flameng, 1884. Museum of Art and History, Cholet.

Vendean rebels ambushing French Republican soldiers during the War in the Vendée. Painting by Julien Le Blant, 1880.

Portrait of Jacques Cathelineau (1759-1793), generalissimo of the Catholic and Royal Army during the War in the Vendee (1793-1796). Also known as the "Saint of Anjou", Cathelineau liked to lead his men from the front, a habit that cost him...

A digital reconstruction of what the Roman Baths of Odessos in modern-day Varna, Bulgaria may have looked like. Reconstruction created by NeoMam Studios, commissioned by QS Supplies.

Artist's impression of a Maya priest performing a temple ritual. Created by Amplitude Studios for the video game Humankind.

The badge of the Bengal Presidency of the East India Company.