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18th-century CE Tobacco Paper
Tobacco paper for Sharpe's Best Virginia, at Fleet Street, London, c. 1725-1775 CE.
British Museum, London.
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The Byzantine Empire in the mid-9th century CE
A map of the Byzantine Empire, c. 867 CE.
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19th-Century Ivory Traders, East Africa,
An 1880s photograph of ivory traders in East Africa.
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Athenian Silver Coin, 6th Century BCE
Athenian coin, silver, 550-546 BCE. Minted in the ancient Greek city-state of Athens, this silver coin depicts a Gorgon's head, a symbolic ward against evil also known as a "gorgoneion." On the reverse, not pictured...
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11th-Century Depiction of a Biblical King and His Council
Anglo-Saxon depiction of a biblical king and his council - likely inspired by the councils/witans contemporary to the artist - Old English Illustrated Hexateuch, Cotton Claudius B IV, f 59. British...
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17th-century Japanese Tea Vendors
A print showing Japanese tea vendors. Edo Period, c. 1846, print from a 1632 original. Copied by Kanō Osanobu and Kanō Masanobu. (From Poetry Competition of Artisans, vol.2)
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Luanda in the 18th Century
A 1755 illustration of the port of Luanda, capital of the colony of Portuguese Angola and capital of today's Angola. Luanda was one of the major points of assembly for African slaves destined for the Americas.
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16-century Map of Dithmarshen
Dithmarschen in the Theatrum Orbis Terrarum by Abraham Ortelius, 1570
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16th-Century Dog Collar
Dog collar found in Amsterdam, dated to 1575-1600.
Rijksmuseum van Oudheden, Leiden.
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The Korean Peninsula and the Japanese Archipelago, 3rd-6th century CE
Map of Pen/Insular states and potential centres in the 3rd–6th centuries CE.
