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A map of the Gallipoli Campaign of 1915-6 in the Dardanelles during the First World War (1914-18). (Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales)

Mesopotamian education was invented by the Sumerians following the creation of writing circa 3600/3500 BCE. The earliest schools were attached to temples, but later schools were established in separate buildings, in which the scribes of ancient...

This is a page from the book 'The Man who Loved Love' (1684) written by Ihara Saikaku and illustrated by Hishikawa Moronbu held by the National Diet Library, Tokyo. Rare books of the National Diet Library -The 60th anniversary- (https://www.ndl.go.jp/exhibit60/...

Ton Dionos tou Kassiou Romaikon historion biblia pente kai eikosi = Dionis Cassii Romanarum historiarum libri XXV Published: Excudebat Henricus Stephanus, 1592 CE John Adams Library at the Boston Public Library

Proposed Sydney Harbour Bridge design by Francis Ernest Stowe, Australian architect and engineer, 1922. The three-span bridge design that would link Millers Point with Balls Head and Balmain, featuring a central tower that would be a war...

The Java, a warship of the Dutch East Indies, berthing with the Sydney Harbour Bridge construction in the background, photo by Ted Hood, c. 1930-32. Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales, Sydney.

A maintenance worker painting the Sydney Harbour Bridge in 1945, photo by Alec Iverson. Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales and Courtesy ACP Magazines Ltd.

Riggers on the Sydney Harbour Bridge during its construction, photo by Ted Hood, 1931. Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales, Sydney.

Catherine II of Russia (Catherine the Great) was the empress regent of Russia from 1762 to 1796. During the mid-18th century, Russia was still regarded as culturally behind compared to Western European countries. However, during her reign...

The Epic of Gilgamesh is among the most popular works of literature in the present day and has influenced countless numbers of readers but, for the greater part of its history, it was lost. The Assyrian Empire fell to a coalition of Babylonians...