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The Boston Tea Party was an act of political protest carried out by American colonists on 16 December 1773, in Boston, Massachusetts. Disguised as Mohawk Native Americans, the colonists dumped 342 crates of tea into Boston Harbor to protest...

The greatest party ever thrown in antiquity is the inaugral event thrown by Ashurnasirpal II (r. 884-859 BCE) in 879 BCE at the completion of his new city of Kalhu which was attended by almost 70,000 people who were served, among other treats...

Sandstone sculpture of Shiva from Thap Banh It. Binh Dinh province, Vietnam. 11th-12th century CE. (Musée Guimet, Paris)

A limestone relief depicting an elephant. Tra Kieu, Quang Nam province, Vietnam. 10th century CE. (Musée Guimet, Paris)

This bronze situla was crafted by people belonging to the Dong Son Culture around the Red River Valley of northern Vietnam or southern China. It was made between the 6th-1st century BCE. (Musée Guimet, Paris.)

A limestone statue of a bodhisattva. My Duc, Quang Binh province, Vietnam. 9th-10th century CE. (Musée Guimet, Paris)

On 10 May 1796, in the later stages of the French Revolution (1789-1799), a group of leftwing agitators were arrested in Paris, charged with plotting to overthrow the French Directory. After a series of trials, two of them were guillotined...

These bronze door knockers come from burial no. 1 at Dong Tac, Dong Son, Thanh Hoa in Vietnam. They date from the 1st-3rd centures CE. (Musée Guimet, Paris)

Zheng Yi (also Cheng I, Ching Yih, Cheng Yao-I, Cheng Wen-Hsien, or Cheng Yud) was a Chinese pirate who lived from 1765 to 1807. Operating in the South China Sea, Zheng Yi famously led a 600-ship pirate confederation. This force of more than...

Boston Tea Party, 16 December 1773, hand-colored lithograph by Nathaniel Currier, 1846. Springfield Museums, Springfield, MA.