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An illustrated aerial view of the Suez Canal in Egypt, built between 1859 and 1869. From an 1865 edition of Harper's Weekly magazine.

A 1962 photograph of Egyptian leader Colonel Gamal Abdel Nasser (1918-70), in power from 1954 until his death in 1970.

A 1942 photograph of Anthony Eden, then Foreign Secretary. Eden later served as prime minister (1955-7). Imperial War Museums

A photograph of the Suez Canal Company Building, Port Said, Egypt. Taken during the First World War (1914-18) Imperial War Museums

A photograph showing the British battleship HMS Howe and a local felucca on the Suez Canal, Egypt. Taken during the Second World War (1939-45). Imperial War Museums

A 1956 photograph showing smoke rising from oil tanks near the Suez Canal following the Anglo-French attack on Port Said, 5 November 1956. Imperial War Museums

The rise of the Huns in the 5th century CE reshaped the political landscape of Late Antiquity, culminating under Attila the Hun (reign 434-453 CE). Emerging from the Eurasian steppe, the Huns did not form a centralized territorial state in...

The Median hegemony (late 7th-early 6th century BCE) emerged in the aftermath of the Bronze Age Collapse (c. 1200-1150 BCE) and, more directly, the disintegration of the Neo-Assyrian Empire (to 612/609 BCE). Under rulers such as Cyaxares...

The Mexica (commonly referred to as the Aztecs) emerged as a dominant power in central Mexico during the Late Postclassic period, culminating in the formation of the Triple Alliance (1427/28 CE) between Tenochtitlán, Tetzcoco, and Tlacopan...

Margaret Thatcher, portrait by unknown photographer, Thatcher Estate, c. 1989. Serving as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1979 - 1990, Margaret Thatcher became the first woman to serve in that role and the longest serving PM in...