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General Douglas MacArthur and Emperor Hirohito at the US embassy in Tokyo, 27 September 1945. NARA. Public Domain.
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Christian conception of the universe, with the Earth at the centre, embraced by the realm of God and his angelic court. Woodcut from the Nuremberg Chronicle, 1493. Bavarian State Library. Public Domain.
The Real Middle Earth
The launching ceremony for the Lützow at Deschimag Yard, Bremen, 1 July 1939. US Naval History and Heritage Command. Public Domain.
The Lützow and the Sinking of the Nazi-Soviet Pact
The Ottoman army escorting Süleyman's body back to Istanbul, Qāsim al-Ḥusaynī al-`Arīdī al-Qazvīnī, 1579. Chester Beatty (CC BY 4.0).
Masters and Mamluks: Islam’s Slave Soldiers
Ghana illustration © Ben Jones/Heart Agency.
Ghana Against Corruption
Reading the News at the Weavers' Cottage, Adriaen van Ostade, 1673. Metropolitan Museum of Art. Public Domain.
‘The Great Exchange’ by Joad Raymond Wren review
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