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First Continental Congress
Definition by Harrison W. Mark

First Continental Congress

The First Continental Congress was a meeting of delegates from twelve of the Thirteen Colonies of British North America that gathered in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, from 5 September to 26 October 1774. Its primary purpose was to coordinate...
Map of the East Indies and Southeast Asia
Image by Cary's New Universal Atlas

Map of the East Indies and Southeast Asia

An 1801 map of the East Indies and Southeast Asia ( Singapore, Borneo, Sumatra, Java, Philippines).
Reconstructions of Asian Castles
Image Gallery by Arienne King

Reconstructions of Asian Castles

This high-definition gallery presents digital reconstructions of six iconic Asian castles, from Afghanistan to Japan. Many of these castles have taken damage since then due to wars, political instability, and even deliberate cultural destruction...
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Image by Simeon Netchev

The "Spring of Nations", Revolutionary Europe in 1848

A map illustrating the series of republican revolts and political upheavals against European monarchies in 1848, also known as the People's Spring or the Spring of Nations. The widespread violent unrest started in Sicily and, within a short...
League of Nations Cartoon
Image by Leonard Raven-Hill

League of Nations Cartoon

A cartoon highlighting the principal weakness of the League of Nations, that the United States, despite being instrumental in founding it in 1919, did not become a member. (From Punch magazine, December, 1919)
Interview: Bejeweled Sri Lanka
Interview by James Blake Wiener

Interview: Bejeweled Sri Lanka

The first comprehensive survey of Sri Lankan art organized by an American museum, The Jeweled Isle: Art from Sri Lanka, on show now at the LACMA in Los Angeles, California, presents some 250 works addressing nearly two millennia of Sri Lankan...
View of the Severan Bridge from the Southeast
Image by Carole Raddato

View of the Severan Bridge from the Southeast

The Severan Bridge (also known as Cendere Bridge) is a Roman bridge located near the ancient city of Arsameia (today Eskikale), 55 km (34 miles) north east of Adıyaman in southeastern Turkey. It was built by the Sixteenth Roman legion stationed...
2013 image of labelled wine jars in first Tel Kabri wine cellar towards the southeast
Image by Eric H. Cline

2013 image of labelled wine jars in first Tel Kabri wine cellar towards the southeast

An image of the wine pithos at Tel Kabri's Area D-West in situ during the 2013 excavation. The pithos were excavated out after the photo and this storage room is now covered over for conservation purposes. For purposes of the excavation...
Wyndclyffe Estate, Southeast View
Image by Historic American Buildings Survey (Library of Congress)

Wyndclyffe Estate, Southeast View

Wyndclyffe Estate, home of Elizabeth Schermerhorn Jones (l. 1810-1876), the New York socialite who commissioned the building in 1853 and is thought to have inspired the phrase "keeping up with the Joneses", a reference to trying to match...
Origins of the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy
Article by Jordan Baker

Origins of the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy

The Haudenosaunee, also known as the Iroquois Confederacy, Iroquois Five Nations, or the Iroquois League, was one of the most powerful Native American polities north of the Rio Grande. They arrived in the historical record in the 16th-century...
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