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Map of the Rise & Fall of Carthaginian Power, c. 650–146 BCE
Carthage (traditionally founded c. 814/813 BCE; destroyed 146 BCE) emerged from the wider Phoenician colonial world to become the leading Punic power in the western Mediterranean. From roughly the 7th century BCE, its influence expanded through...
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De Gaulle & Giraud Shake Hands at Casablanca, 1943
A photograph taken at the Casablanca Conference in January 1943 showing General Charles De Gaulle (1890-1970), recognised by the Allies as the leader of all French opposing the Germans, and his great rival General Henri Giraud (1879-1949...
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Roosevelt's Villa, Casablanca
The villa in Casablanca, Morocco where US President Franklin D. Roosevelt (1882-1945) stayed during the Casablanca Conference of January 1943 during the Second World War (1939-45).
U.S. National Archives and Records Administration
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The Kish Tablet - And the Earliest Evidence of Writing
The Kish Tablet, illustration by José-Manuel Benito, July 2006. The Kish Tablet, from Tell al-Uhaymir, Iraq, is among the oldest known inscriptions using proto-cuneiform symbols. Before this, writing was limited to numerical marks carved...
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Roosevelt & Churchill, Casablanca Conference
A photograph of the president of the United States Franklin D. Roosevelt (1882-1945) and the British prime minister Winston Churchill (1874-1965) at the Casablanca Conference of January 1943 during the Second World War (1939-45). Imperial...
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Tehran Conference Dinner, 1943
A photograph of the President of the United States Franklin D. Roosevelt (1882-1945), British prime minister Winston Churchill (1874-1965), and leader of the USSR Joseph Stalin (1878-1953), having dinner at the Tehran Conference of November-December...
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Soviet Embassy, Tehran
A photograph of the Soviet embassy in Tehran, Iran. This was the location of the Tehran Conference in late 1943 when the leader of the USSR Joseph Stalin (1878-1953), President of the United States Franklin D. Roosevelt (1882-1945), and...
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Stalin, Roosevelt & Churchill, Tehran 1943
A photograph of leader of the USSR Joseph Stalin (1878-1953), President of the United States Franklin D. Roosevelt (1882-1945), and British prime minister Winston Churchill (1874-1965) at the Tehran Conference of November-December 1943. The...
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Building the Transcaspian Railway
An engraving showing the construction of the Russian-backed Transcaspian railway in the 1880s. Britian regarded the railway as a threat to British India during the Great Game.
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Potala Palace, Tibet
A 1938 photograph of the Potala Palace in Lhasa, Tibet Autonomous Region. The palace was first built in the 17th century and was the residence of the Dalai Lamas. In the foreground Buddhist monks use traditional horned instruments. German...
