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Umar al-Mukhtar (1858-1931), a leader of the resistance to the Italian colonisation of Libya, arrested and transferred to the Palazzo del Littorio in Benghazi to be tried on 15 September 1931.

A map showing the territorial gains of Italy in Libya from 1919 to 1935.

Bronze bust by M. Gerasimov based on a facial reconstruction of the exhumed skull of Timur (1336-1405), also known as Tamerlane. Timur founded the Timurid Empire (1370-1507) which, based in Uzbekistan, spread across Central Asia.

The Gūr-i Mir, the restored tomb of Timur (1336-1405), also known as Tamerlane, in Samarkand, Uzbekistan. Timur founded the Timurid Empire (1370-1507) which spread across Central Asia.

English dramatist Thomas Middleton (1580-1627), engraving first published on the title page of Two New Plays (1657), which contained his works Women Beware Women and More Dissemblers Besides Women, republished in The Works of Thomas Middleton...

A 1910 photograph of the SMS Rheinland battleship of the German Imperial Navy. (German Federal Archives)

A photograph showing Archduke Franz Ferdinand (1863-1914), heir to the Habsburg throne of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, and his wife Countess Sophie Chotek, both seated in the rear of the car during a tour of Sarajevo. The archduke and countess...

A 1902 photograph of Kaiser Wilhelm II (1859-1941). The kaiser was roundly blamed for starting the First World War (1914-18) with his persistently aggressive foreign policy. As a consequence, after the war, he was obliged to abdicate. Imperial...

William Still Historical Marker at 244 S. 12th St., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. While living here, William Still was an Underground Railroad agent who helped slaves escape and kept records so relatives could find them later. A wealthy coal...

Engraving of Jane Johnson, from The Underground Railroad, by William Still, 1872.