Images

Geopolitical climate in the Eastern Mediterranean before the conquest of Constantinople in 1453 CE.

An image of the Hagia Sophia, taken around sunset

A tile panel in Topkapı Palace depicting Mount Arafat

Depiction of Gennadious Scholarios interacting with Mehmed II

Ottoman fortress Rumelihisarı, Istanbul, built by Mehmed II (1432-1481 CE), Sultan of the Ottoman empire, in 1452 CE.

This statuary group, representing a hermaphrodite attacked by a satyr, is a Roman copy of the 1st century CE of a Hellenistic original. It stood around the pool of the Villa Oplontis near Pompeii (Italy). The photo was taken at the “Pompeii...

The portico of the large garden of the Villa Poppaea, Oplontis (Italy). It has brick columns covered with white stucco while the walls are decorated the Fourth Pompeian Style. 1st century CE.

The 'Banner of the Holy Wounds' which was used by protesters during the Pilgrimage of Grace uprising of October 1536 CE against the reforms of the Catholic Church made by Henry VIII of England (r. 1509-1547 CE).

A 16th century CE painting by Hans Holbein the Younger of Thomas Cromwell (l. c. 1485-1540 CE) who served as Chancellor to Henry VIII of England (r. 1509-1547 CE). (The Frick Collection, New York)

Map of the Ayyubid Sultanate at the death of Saladin, 1193 CE, showing its political subdivisions and cities. Borders are approximate only, especially in Yemen and western Arabia.