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George Washington on his deathbed, 14 December 1799, oil on canvas by Junius Brutus Stearns, 1851. Dayton Art Institute, Ohio.

Famous portrait of President George Washington (1732-1799), oil on canvas by Gilbert Stuart, 1803. Clark Art Institute of Williamstown, Massachusetts.

Edward the Elder, King of the Anglo-Saxons (r. 899-924), in a royal genealogy, made during the 14th century. British Library, MS Royal 14 B VI.

Map of Britain c. 886 CE.

Artist's impression of samurai before their shogun, inside a ceremonial building. Created by Amplitude Studios for the video game Humankind.

Artist's impression of a Haudenosaunee elder speaking before fellow tribespeople, inside of a long house. Created by Amplitude Studios for the video game Humankind.

Artist's impression of Dutch explorers meeting a French ship near the coastline, with a port town and mountains in the background. Created by Amplitude Studios for the video game Humankind.

Teampall Chiaráin on Inishmore, the largest of the Aran Islands, west off the coast of Galway, Ireland. The church was dedicated to St. Ciaran, who lived in the 6th century CE, spent seven years on Aran as a student of St. Enda and later...

Atropates, (370 BCE to c. 321 BCE), a Median nobleman and Persian general who served under Darius III and Alexander the Great, and eventually founded an independent kingdom Media-Atropatene (Lesser Media) and dynasty that was named after...

American protestors tar and feather an excise officer during the Whiskey Rebellion, c. 1794, engraving by John Rogers, 1863. New York Public Library.