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![Third Intermediate Period of Egypt](https://www.worldhistory.org/img/c/p/360x202/5853.jpg?v=1699827663)
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Third Intermediate Period of Egypt
The Third Intermediate Period (c. 1069-525 BCE) is the era following the New Kingdom of Egypt (c. 1570-c.1069 BCE) and preceding the Late Period (c.525-332 BCE). Egyptian history was divided into eras of 'kingdoms' and 'intermediate periods'...
![Ancient Chinese Philosophy](https://www.worldhistory.org/img/c/p/360x202/970.jpg?v=1717000685)
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Ancient Chinese Philosophy
The term Ancient Chinese Philosophy refers to the belief systems developed by various philosophers during the era known as the Hundred Schools of Thought when these thinkers formed their own schools during the Spring and Autumn Period (c...
![Family Tree of the Ptolemaic Dynasty of Egypt (305-30 BCE)](https://www.worldhistory.org/img/c/p/360x202/15205.png?v=1644846301)
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Family Tree of the Ptolemaic Dynasty of Egypt (305-30 BCE)
An illustration following the evolution of the Ptolemaic Dynasty (also called Lagides, for Lagos, the father of Ptolemy I Soter) in Egypt during the Hellenistic period. This family tree reveals one of the most important distinguishing features...
![The Family Tree of the Kuru Dynasty in the Mahabharata](https://www.worldhistory.org/img/c/p/360x202/14420.png?v=1704533704)
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The Family Tree of the Kuru Dynasty in the Mahabharata
Family Tree of the Kuru Dynasty of Hastinapur, according to the epic Indian poem the Mahabharata showing the line of royal and family succession. I would like to thank Atita-guna (@atitaguna108) for letting me use pictures of her beautiful...
![Late Period of Ancient Egypt](https://www.worldhistory.org/img/c/p/360x202/5356.jpg?v=1717770609)
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Late Period of Ancient Egypt
The Late Period of Egypt (525-332 BCE) is the era following the Third Intermediate Period (1069-525) and preceding the brief Hellenistic Period (332-323 BCE) when Egypt was ruled by the Argead officials installed by Alexander the Great prior...
![Family Tree of the Royal Dynasty of Macedon in the 4th Century BCE](https://www.worldhistory.org/img/c/p/360x202/11701.jpg?v=1705112643)
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Family Tree of the Royal Dynasty of Macedon in the 4th Century BCE
Family tree of the Royal Dynasty of Macedon in the 4th Century BCE. From Unearthing the Family of Alexander the Great. Grant (2019) p76. Used with permission from Pen & Sword Books.
![Yuan Dynasty Bank Note & Plate](https://www.worldhistory.org/img/c/p/360x202/7286.jpg?v=1701312363)
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Yuan Dynasty Bank Note & Plate
A 13th century CE wooden printing plate and paper bank note from the Chinese Yuan dynasty (1271-1368 CE). (Tokyo Currency Museum)
![The Merovingian Dynasty, c. 639](https://www.worldhistory.org/img/c/p/360x202/16909.png?v=1706086298)
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The Merovingian Dynasty, c. 639
A map depicting the rise and expansion of the Merovingians, a powerful Frankish dynasty that, at the end of the 5th century, was the first to unify the fragmented tribes and petty kingdoms in the territory of present-day Germany, France...
![Camel with Guide, Tang Dynasty](https://www.worldhistory.org/img/c/p/360x202/9722.jpg?v=1717662724)
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Camel with Guide, Tang Dynasty
Lying camel with guide, China, Tang Dynasty, early 7th century CE. Made from stone with a white glaze. Exhibited at Museum Rietberg, Zurich, Switzerland.
![Third Dynasty of Ur, c.2050 - 1950 BCE](https://www.worldhistory.org/img/c/p/360x202/15308.png?v=1712669943)
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Third Dynasty of Ur, c.2050 - 1950 BCE
A map illustrating the rise of the Sumerian city-state of Ur out of the collapse of the Akkadian Empire and the forging of the Kingdom of the Third Dynasty of Ur (also known as the Sumerian Renaissance or the Ur III Empire) by its first king...