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In ancient Lacedaemon, as in all enduring political communities, there was a symbiotic relationship between the form of government chosen, the way of life that this form of government fostered, and the grand strategy that the community gradually...

The Grand Embassy was the name given to the long Western European tour that Tsar Peter I of Russia (aka Peter the Great, r. 1682-1725) undertook during 1697-1698. Peter was joined by hundreds of people, including noblemen, his friends, volunteers...

The Grand Remonstrance of 1641 was a list of grievances issued by Parliament against King Charles I of England (r. 1625-1649). It recorded what Parliament saw as the monarch's abuse of power, his illegal raising of taxes outside Parliament...

The Ise Grand Shrine or Ise Jingu, located in the heart of a sacred forest in the Mie Prefecture of Japan, is the most important Shinto shrine in the country and is dedicated to the sun goddess Amaterasu with a separate shrine dedicated to...

A 1914 photograph of Grand Duchess Anastasia (1901-18), daughter of Tsar Nicholas II (reign 1894-1917) and Empress Alexandra Feodorovna (1872-1918). (Boasson and Eggler of Saint Petersburg)

A 1914 photograph of Grand Duchess Olga (1895-1918), daughter of Tsar Nicholas II (reign 1894-1917) and Empress Alexandra Feodorovna (1872-1918). (Boasson and Eggler of Saint Petersburg)

Grand Duchess Sophia at the Novodevichy Convent (1698), oil on canvas by Ilya Repin, 1879. The State Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow. Ilya Repin's 1879 painting portrays Sophia after her fall from power, confined to a cell in the Novodevichy...

The torii or sacred gate at the wooden Uji Bridge at the Ise Grand Shrine, sacred to the Shinto goddess Amaterasu. The shrine was first built in 4 BCE and since the 7th century CE the bridge and torii at either end have been rebuilt exactly...

A 1916 aerial photograph of the Royal Navy's Grand Fleet at anchor in the Firth of Forth, Scotland. The fleet famously engaged the German High Seas Fleet at the Battle of Jutland (May-June 1916) during the First World War (1914-18). Imperial...

A 1914 photograph of Grand Duchess Tatiana (1897-1918), daughter of Tsar Nicholas II (reign 1894-1917) and Empress Alexandra Feodorovna (1872-1918). (Boasson and Eggler of Saint Petersburg)