Images

A portrait of Catherine of Aragon (1485-1536 CE), first wife of Henry VIII of England (r. 1509-1547 CE). (National Portrait Gallery, London)

An oil painting dating to c. 1545 CE illustrating the 'Field of the Cloth of Gold', a magnificent pageant held near Calais in June 1520 CE as a show of friendship between Henry VIII of England (r. 1509-1547 CE) and Francis I of France (r...

A portrait of Henry VIII of England (r. 1509-1547 CE) by Joos van Cleve, 1530-35 CE. The scroll reads, in Latin, 'Go out into the world, and preach the gospel to every creature’ from the New Testament, Mark 16:15. (Royal Collection)

A portrait of Henry VIII of England (r. 1509-1547 CE) by Hans Holbein the Younger, 1540 CE. (National Gallery of Ancient Art, Rome)

A painting by Canaletto (1697-1768 CE) of the interior of the chapel at Westminster Abbey built by Henry VII of England (r. 1485-1509 CE). (Private Collection)

A painted terracotta bust of Henry VII of England (r. 1485-1509 CE) made by Pietro Torrigiano c. 1509 CE. (Victoria & Albert Museum, London)

Lefke Gate, a part of the ancient walls of the city of Nicaea (modern day İznik, Turkey).

A map showing the various Turkic principalities that emerged from the remains of the Sultanate of Rum. The territories shown approximately reflect the 14th Century CE.

The first well-known pictures of the Cedar of Lebanon taken by the British photographer and orientalist Francis Frith (1822-1898 CE) in 1857 CE. The grove, known as the Cedars of God, is located in Bsharri, Lebanon and is considered holy...

This map animation shows the rise and fall of the Achaemenid Persian Empire over time.