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European Port Factories at Canton
A reverse-glass painting showing the European customs factories at Canton (modern Guangzhou, China) around 1805.
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The Ancient Near East c. 1500-1300 BCE
A map illustrating the aftermath of the 15th century BCE ruinous campaigns by the Old Hittite Empire that led to the emergence of new powerful entities in the ancient Near East - the Middle Babylonian Kingdom of the Kassites, the Mitanni...
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Zwingli by Hans Asper
Huldrych Zwingli (1484-1531), painting by Hans Asper, c. 1549.
Zürich, Switzerland.
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A Chinese Boatwoman
A photo of a boatwoman from Canton (Guangzhou), Kwangtung province, China. Photograph by John Thomson, 1869.
Wellcome Collection, London.
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A Female Pirate Based on Zheng Yi Sao
Takayo Fischer, Hakeem Kae-Kazim, and Ghassan Massoud in Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End (2007). The character Mistress Ching is likely based on the famed pirate chief Zheng Yi Sao (d. 1844), widow of Zheng Yi. © Walt Disney...
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Sarcophagus of Yaroslav the Wise
The tomb of the Grand Duke of Kyiv Yaroslav the Wise (r. 1019-1054).
Saint Sophia Cathedral, Kyiv.
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Interior of Saint Sophia Cathedral, Kyiv
The interior and altar of Saint Sophia Cathedral of Kyiv.
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Fresco in the Saint Sophia Cathedral
Well-preserved fresco of a saint, 11th century.
Saint Sophia Cathedral of Kyiv.
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South China Sea Pirates
A Qing Dynasty (1636-1912) illustration showing pirates attacking merchant ships in the South China Sea. From the Qing Scroll. (Maritime Museum, Hong Kong)
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The South China Sea in the 18th Century
A late-18th century map of the South China Sea. Drawn by Rigobert Bonne and G. Raynal
