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Lead image for "A Timeline of the World in 8 Maps"
A Timeline of the World in 8 Maps
Chinese pictograph, calligraphy tablet of Huang Tingjian, a famous calligrapher in Ancient Song Dynasty. The background of Chinese cultural elements.
The World’s 5 Most Commonly Used Writing Systems
close up of newspapers
Citizen Journalists
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Groups of depositors in front of the closed American Union Bank, New York City. April 26, 1932. Great Depression run on bank crowd
Causes of the Great Depression
Lusitania sinking, illustration from The War of the Nations (New York), December 31, 1919. World War I, WWI. This image is one of three on the page. (See source file for the other two.)
7 of the World’s Deadliest Shipwrecks
Marriage. A couple getting married during a church wedding ceremony. (religion, ceremony, bride, groom)
The Seven Sacraments of the Roman Catholic church
African Americans demonstrating for voting rights in front of the White House as police and others watch, March 12, 1965. One sign reads, "We demand the right to vote everywhere." Voting Rights Act, civil rights.
Timeline of the American Civil Rights Movement
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What Do Eggs Have to Do with Easter?
New Zealand. Political/Physical map. Includes locator.
Where Is “Old Zealand”?
Rural Irish landscape, Sligo, Ireland.
Why Is Ireland Two Countries?

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Born August 31, 1907 • Chicago • Illinois
Died December 8, 1992 (aged 85) • New York City • New York
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