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18th-Century Advertisement for Virginia Tobacco
Image by The British Museum

18th-Century Advertisement for Virginia Tobacco

An 18th-century woodcut advertisement for Virginia tobacco. The image shows child slaves working on a tobacco plantation. (British Museum, London)
15th-century CE Ottoman Cannon
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15th-century CE Ottoman Cannon

A 15th-century CE bronze Ottoman cannon based on the design of those used in the siege of Constantinople in 1453 CE by Mehmed II.
16th Century Morion Helmet
Image by Metropolitan Museum of Art

16th Century Morion Helmet

A typical steel morion helmet, a type worn across Europe in the 16th century and worn by conquistadors in the New World. Italian, c. 1570. (Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York)
China Warlords, 2nd-3rd century CE.
Image by SY

China Warlords, 2nd-3rd century CE.

A map showing the territories of the main Chinese warlords at the fall of the Han dynasty in the early 3rd century CE.
Rhine Frontier of the Roman Empire, 4th century CE.
Image by Andrei Nacu

Rhine Frontier of the Roman Empire, 4th century CE.

A map showing the Rhine frontier of the Roman Empire in the 4th century CE.
Roman Forum in the 5th Century BCE
Image by Ancient History Magazine / Karwansaray Publishers

Roman Forum in the 5th Century BCE

A painting of the Roman Forum as it probably would have appeared in the 5th Century BCE. By Vilius Petrauskas. Courtesy of Ancient History Magazine / Karwansaray Publishers.
East Roman Empire, 6th century CE
Image by William R. Shepherd

East Roman Empire, 6th century CE

East Roman Empire, 6th century CE, showing the territories of the Avars, Goths, Franks, Lombards, Saxons, Thuringians, Slavs.
Costa Rica, 16th century CE
Image by Rodtico21

Costa Rica, 16th century CE

Map of Costa Rica in the 16th century CE.
The South China Sea in the 18th Century
Image by R. Bonne & G. Raynal

The South China Sea in the 18th Century

A late-18th century map of the South China Sea. Drawn by Rigobert Bonne and G. Raynal
Map of the First Three Crusades & the 12th-Century Outremer
Image by Simeon Netchev

Map of the First Three Crusades & the 12th-Century Outremer

These maps illustrate the trajectory of the early Crusades (1096–1192), a series of military campaigns launched by the medieval Latin Church with the declared goal of reclaiming the Holy Land—centered between the Mediterranean Sea and the...
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