Images

Representatives of the first Iranian Majlis (parliament) in front of the military academy, which served as the first parliament building, Tehran, 1906. National Library and Archives of the Islamic Republic of Iran, World Digital Library.

According to Christian tradition, the Twelve Apostles (ΟΙΔΩΔΕΚΑΑΠΟΣΤΟΛΟΙ in Greek, meaning "messengers" or "ones who are sent") were the closest followers of Jesus Christ, chosen to spread his teachings and establish the early Christian Church...

Nanabozho (Manabozho) pictograph, Mazinaw Rock, Bon Echo Provincial Park, Ontario, Canada. Photograph by D. Gordon E. Robertson, 2010. The pictograph represents Manabozho as a giant rabbit, one of the many forms the trickster figure would...

Manabozho in the Tree Above the Flood, illustration by R.C. Armour, from his book North American Indian Fairy Tales, Folklore, and Legends, 1905.

A representation of a Seneca man in traditional dress, illustration from 1904 edition of League of the Ho-dé-no-sau-nee or Iroquois by Lewis Henry Morgan (l. 1818-1881).

A representation of a Seneca woman in traditional dress from the 1904 edition of League of the Ho-dé-no-sau-nee or Iroquois by Lewis Henry Morgan (l. 1818-1881).

Appeal to the Great Spirit, statue by Cyrus Dallin, outside The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, USA, 1908.

The burning of Washington during the War of 1812, wood engraving by an unknown artist, published in Our first century by Richard Miller Devens, 1876. Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

This map illustrates the Middle Kingdom of Egypt (c. 2055–1650 BCE), a period of political stability, economic revival, and cultural flourishing between the turbulence of the First and Second Intermediate Periods. Established by Mentuhotep...

Kappa mascot in front of a Store in Tokyo.