Eastern Zhou Dynasty: Did you mean...?

A dolomite sculpture of a recumbent pig. Eastern Han Dynasty, 25-220 CE. Height: 3 cm. Length: 10.6 cm. (Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York)

The word philosophy comes from the Greek philo (love) and sophia (wisdom) and so is literally defined as “the love of wisdom”. More broadly understood, it is the study of the most basic and profound matters of human existence. Philosophical...

This map shows the division of the Roman Empire into the Western Roman Empire and the Eastern Roman Empire, circa 395 CE under the reign of Emperor Theodosius I.

A map showing the major empires, kingdoms, tribes, and ethnic groups of the Eastern Hemisphere in 100 BC.

A diagram showing a cross-section of the SS Great Eastern. It was designed by Isambard Kingdom Brunel (1806-59) and completed in 1858. It was the largest ship in the world at 692 feet (211 m) long. (Science Museum, London)

Geopolitical climate in the Eastern Mediterranean before the conquest of Constantinople in 1453 CE.

A colour print of an illustration by Robert Charles Dudley showing the SS Great Eastern laying the first Atlantic telegraph cable in 1865-7. The steamship was designed by Isambard Kingdom Brunel (1806-59) and completed in 1858. It was the...

The Assyrian Empire and the Region about the Eastern Mediterranean, 750-625 BC.

A model of the SS Great Eastern. It was designed by Isambard Kingdom Brunel (1806-59) and completed in 1858. It was the largest ship in the world at 692 feet (211 m) long. Model made by John Scott Russell and Co. The scale of the model is...

Homage of King Suddhodana, Sanchi Stupa 1, Eastern Gateway, Right pillar, inner top panel.