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A late-18th century map of the South China Sea. Drawn by Rigobert Bonne and G. Raynal

Map showing Ancient Greek colonies on the northern coast of the Black Sea, c. 450 BC.

Sherman's March to the Sea in 1864, part of the American Civil War, original illustration by Felix Octavius Carr Darley and engraved by Alexander Hay Ritchie, c. 1868. Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

The War Scroll, part of the Dead Sea Scrolls discovered at Quram, Israel which were composed between the 3rd century BCE and the 1st century CE.

A 1941 photograph of a flight of Sea Hurricanes, the naval equivalent of the RAF Hawker Hurricane fighter plane. (Imperial War Museums)

Limestone grave-stela of a Greek woman from the Black Sea. Cape Tuzla (Taman, Russia), c. 100 BCE-100 CE. (Pushkin Museum, Moscow)

A memorial carved from limestone of an ancient Black Sea warrior with his spear and shield. The Bosphorus region of present-day Turkey, c. 125-50 BCE. (Pushkin Museum, Moscow.)

Pepper has long been the king of spices and for almost 2,000 years dominated world trade. Originating in India, it was known in Greece by the 4th century BCE and was an integral part of the Roman diet by 30 BCE. It remained a force in Europe...

Painting by Vasily Polenov, 1899.

Brown grass on a body of water at Norden, Germany.