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The hwarang was a state-sponsored organisation for the education of elite young males in the ancient kingdom of Silla, Korea. Variously translated as the 'Flower Boys,' 'Flowering Youth,' or 'Elite Youth' (and sometimes, too, the rather misleading...

The Capture of Fort Ticonderoga (10 May 1775) was a military operation that occurred early in the American Revolutionary War (1775-1783). A small colonial expedition jointly led by Benedict Arnold and Ethan Allen surprised the British garrison...

A c. 1861 oil on canvas painting, Young Spartans Exercising, by Edgar Degas (1834-1917), the French impressionist painter. A typical early work of the artist when he was still interested in becoming a historical painter. The frieze-like quality...

An illustration from the legends of King Arthur showing the king and Merlin approach the Lady of the Lake who will give him his sword Excalibur. (From King Arthur's Knights: The Tales Retold for Boys and Girls by Henry Gilbert, Edinburgh...

Map depicting the Siege of Savannah, 16 September to 20 October 1779. Illustration from page 171 of the book British Battles on Land and Sea Vol. 2, by James Grant, London, 1873.

Illustration from page 52 of 'The Mythology of All Races, Vol. Ten: North American' by Hartley Burr Alexander. Boston: Marshall Jones, 1916 CE.

J. Sulpis del. et sc. SETI I BAS-RELIEF AT ABYDOS From A History of Art in Ancient Egypt, Vol. I by Georges Perrot and Charles Chipiez (1883).

Drawing of a group of warriors from the Bornu Empire. Drawing taken from "The earth and its inhabitants, Vol. III, West Africa" by Elisee Reclus (1830 -1905 CE) 1892 CE. From the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Jean Blackwell...

Map of Persepolis.

Magna Graecia (Megalē Hellas) refers to the coastal areas of southern Italy which were colonized by various Greek city-states from the 8th to 5th centuries BCE. Later writers such as Strabo also included Sicily and eventually the term came...