Images

A woman from Thailand boils the cocoons of the silkworm in the initial phase of making silk. Photo taken March 2012.

Ruins of the Nymphaeum, Side, Turkey.

Kilns installed in the frigidarium of the bath-gymnasium complex at Antiochia ad Cragum.

Bath-gymnasium complex at Antiochia ad Cragum, modern-day Turkey.

A samurai helmet with facemask in metal. First half of the 17th century CE. (Asian Art Museum, San Francisco)

Remains of a Roman road in Tarsus, Cilicia, modern-day Turkey.

Remains of a Roman road in Tarsus, Cilicia.

Artist's impression of Sima Ying (d. 306 CE) as depicted in the video game Total War: Three Kingdoms, The Eight Princes Chapter Pack.

Artist's impression of Sima Wei (d. 291 CE) as depicted in the video game Total War: The Three Kingdoms, The Eight Princes Chapter Pack.

Sima Yan, convinced Cao Huan to abdicate in his favor and then founded the Jin Dynasty in 266 CE, taking the throne name of Emperor Wu of Jin. Thirteen Emperors Scroll, Boston Museum of Fine Arts