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Italian prisoners of war at Harar, capital of the Ethiopian province of the same name. The soldiers, made prisoners during the First Italo-Ethiopian War, are awaiting repatriation to Italy. The picture was taken in March 1897 by the second...

The governor of Libya Italo Balbo (1896-1940) welcomes Italian Colonists in Tripoli, Libya (November 1938). Fascism encouraged settler colonialism in the conquered territories.

Italo Balbo (1896-1940), governor of Libya between 1934 and 1940.

Italo Balbo (1896-1940) and Benito Mussolini (1883-1945) during a gala evening in Libya. The appointment of Balbo as governor of Libya was, in reality, a move to exile him over fear that his popularity in Italy could threaten Mussolini’s...

Image of Italo Balbo's (1896-1940) arrival in Benghazi as Governor of Libya. Photo taken on 21 January 1934 (L'Illustrazione italiana, n. 3). Balbo became governor of a unified colony of Libya in 1934. Balbo was, in reality, ‘exiled’ over...

Meeting in Massawa of Emilio De Bono (1866-1944) and Pietro Badoglio (1871-1956) during the Italian-Abyssinian War. De Bono and Badoglio were commanding the military operations of the invasion of Ethiopia (1935). Emilio De Bono was the Italian...

Amedeo Duke of Aosta (1898-1942), Viceroy of Ethiopia, with British General Mosley Mayne (1889-1955) and other British officers after the Italian surrender to the British troops at Amba Alagi. The Duke of Aosta was in charge of the Italian...

Oreste Baratieri (1841-1901) was an Italian general and colonial administrator who served as the governor of Italian Eritrea from 1892 to 1896. He was among the responsible of the Italian defeat in the battle of Adwa (1896) against the Ethiopian...

Parade of Libyan colonial troops in front of King Victor Emanuel III (1869-1947) of Italy and the Vicegovernor of Cyrenaica Rodolfo Graziani (1882-1955) during the King's visit in Cyrenaica in February 1932. The King's visit followed a period...

Seven-bowl sweetmeat dish from Iran, 13th to 14th century. Sweetmeat dishes are notable for their infrequent presence amongst the vast array of Persian ceramic ware. Their history dates back to at least the Seljuk period in the 11th century...