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Italo Balbo
Italo Balbo (1896-1940), Governor-General of Italian Libya, photographed between 1938 and 1940.
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Benito Mussolini's Visit to Libya in 1926
Photograph of Benito Mussolini (1883-1945), the leader of Fascist Italy, visiting Sabratha in Libya in 1926 and meeting local notables.
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The Arrest of Umar al-Mukhtar
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.
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Territorial Expansion of Libya under Italian Colonial rule
A map showing the territorial gains of Italy in Libya from 1919 to 1935.
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Head of Timur
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.
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Tomb of Timur, Samarkand
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.
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Thomas Middleton
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...
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SMS Rheinland Battleship
A 1910 photograph of the SMS Rheinland battleship of the German Imperial Navy. (German Federal Archives)
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Archduke Franz Ferdinand Prior to His Assassination
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...
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Kaiser Wilhelm II
A 1902 photograph of Kaiser Wilhelm II (1859-1941). (Imperial War Museums)
