Anglo-Sikh Wars: Did you mean...?

This large copper alloy bowl is filled with hazelnuts. It had been placed in a burial, perhaps as a symbolic offering or provision for the dead from the mourners who set out the grave. This vessel and its contents...

Harold Godwinson (also spelt Godwineson) reigned briefly as King Harold II of England from January to October 1066 CE, the momentous year which witnessed the Norman conquest and end of 500 years of Anglo-Saxon rule. Harold had...

This map collection explores the geopolitical transformation of Europe between 1914 and 1949. From the First World War (1914-18) and the collapse of empires to the rise of fascism, communism, and totalitarian...

A sepoy was an Indian soldier in the armies of various states and European trading companies in the Indian subcontinent and then, from the second half of the 19th century, in the British Indian Army. Recruited from many different population...

Bede (c. 673-735 CE) was an English monk, historian, and scholar who lived in the Kingdom of Northumbria. He is at times referred to as the Venerable Bede or Bede the Venerable. He was a monk at the double monastery of Monkwearmouth-Jarrow...

A cartoon from a 1908 issue of Punch magazine showing Kaiser Wilhelm II and Great Britain in the guise of John Bull. The pair are playing a game of poker where the bets are dreadnought battleships. Germany and Britain...

These fittings were originally attached to the front of a circular wooden shield. The iron boss was in the center with the decorative circular mounts arranged in 2 groups around it. The gilded silver mounts, shaped like...

A cannon used by the Sikh Empire during the First Anglo-Sikh War (1845-6) against the British East India Company. This example was captured after the Battle of Ferozeshah in December 1845. The photograph was taken by John Constantine...

Civil wars have repeatedly emerged as some of the most destructive conflicts in human history because they combine military violence with political...

By the end of 1066 CE William the Conqueror had won a decisive victory at the Battle of Hastings, subdued the south-east of England and been crowned King William I in Westminster Abbey but there remained...