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Portrait of Miklós Horthy 1927
Painting of Admiral Miklós Horthy, oil on canvas painting by Philip de László, Gödöllő, 1927. This painting depicts Admiral Miklós Horthy, regent of Hungary during the interwar period and most of World War II. Hungarian...
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Map of the Dutch Commercial Empire, c. 1665 - A Global Network of Commerce, Exploration and Maritime Power
A map of the Dutch commercial empire which reached its height during the Dutch Golden Age (c. 1588-1672), when the Dutch Republic (1588-1795) emerged as one...
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Map of the Norman World, c. 1130 - From Viking Settlers to a Trans-Mediterranean Networks
The Norman world (c. 10th–13th centuries CE) was not a single unified empire, but a far-reaching network of Norman-ruled principalities, kingdoms, military expeditions...
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Twelve Greatest Imperial Expansions of a Single Reign - History's Greatest Empire Builders
Imperial expansion has been one of the most significant forces shaping world history, transforming regional states into vast, multiethnic empires that connected distant...
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Bell Piano with Ivory Keys
A photograph showing a detail of a Canadian Bell piano with ivory and ebony keys.
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Transporting Ivory, French Congo
A c. 1902 photograph showing Africans transporting ivory in French Congo.
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Ivory Trading Station, French Congo
A late-19th-century photograph of an ivory trading station (factory) in French Congo.
Private Collection.
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19th-Century Ivory Traders, East Africa,
An 1880s photograph of ivory traders in East Africa.
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Portrait of Sultan Mahmud II
Portrait of Sultan Mahmud II, oil on canvas painting by Athanasios Karantz(ou)las, c. 1850. A reformer, Sultan Mahmud II implemented numerous changes to the Ottoman state, which among many included the disbandment of...
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Portrait of Ali Pasha of Yanina
Portrait of Ali Pasha of Yanina, oil on canvas painting by Spyridon Ventouras, 1818. Ali Pasha served as the governor of Ottoman controlled Yanina (western Rumelia) and excercised a high level of autonomy separate...
