Images

Reconstruction of the interior of a typical house in Ҫatalhöyük, a Neolithic proto-city in central Turkey, inhabited between c. 7400 and c. 5600 BCE.

Medieval turf house and church in Iceland. The Icelandic turf farmstead has developed from the longhouse, a Northern European tradition. As their name suggests, turf is one of the main materials used for its construction. Timber is used...

A depiction of Sir William Johnson holding a conference with the Iroquois at his home of Johnson Hall in 1772, painting by Edward Lawson Henry, 1903. Canadian Museum of History, Gatineau.

Sir William Johnson saves the life of French General Baron Dieskau after the Battle of Lake George, 1755, oil on canvas painting by Benjamin West, between 1764 and 1768. Derby Museum and Art Gallery.

Sir William Johnson in 1763. From a plate in The Old New York Frontier by Francis Whiting Halsey, copied from a now lost original portrait by Thomas McIlworth.

A 19th-century illustration of Oliver Cromwell at the Battle of Marston Moor in July 1644. The battle was won by the Parliamentarians against the Royalists during the ongoing English Civil Wars (1642-51).

A monument to the 2 July 1644 Battle of Marston Moor during the English Civil Wars (1642-51). The battle was won decisively by the Parliamentarians.

A painting by John Barker showing a scene from the Battle of Marston Moor on 2 July 1644 during the English Civil Wars (1642-51). Fought near York between Royalist and Parliamentarian armies (including a Scottish army), victory went to the...

A 19th-century painting by Ernest Crofts showing Oliver Cromwell at the Battle of Marston Moor on 2 July 1644 during the English Civil Wars (1642-51). Cromwell and the Parliamentarians were victorious. (Bridgeman Art Library)

The opening of the Estates-General of 1789, on 5 May, in the Salle des Menus Plaisirs in Versailles, engraving by Isidore-Stanislas Helman, 1789. Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris.