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Coptic Fresco of the Nile with Felucca Ships, c6th-7th century

Centaurs pulling a cart

Roman Soldiers building fort in the Dacian Wars, Trajans Column, Rome, c2nd century. Triumphal column in Rome, Italy, commemorating Roman emperor Trajans victory in the Dacian Wars

Roman soldiers building a fort in the Dacian campaign, Trajans Column, Rome, c2nd century. Triumphal column in Rome, Italy, commemorating Roman emperor Trajans victory in the Dacian Wars

Timur enthroned during celebrations, Mughal manuscript, 1600-1601. Timur was a Turco-Mongol conqueror. At British Museum

Canal Barges at Hull docks, Yorkshire, 20th century. Artist: CM Dixon
Canal Barges at Hull docks, Yorkshire, 20th century. Seaborne trade at the port of Hull can be traced to at least the 13th century

Interior of Gum store, Moscow, c1970s. Artist: CM Dixon
Interior of GUM store, Moscow, c1970s. GUM wa the name given to State Department Stores in many cities in the former Soviet Union. The most famous in Kitai-gorod, Moscow is currently a shopping mall

Painting of Old Custom House Quay, 18th century. Artist: Samuel Scott
Painting of Old Custom House Quay, now in the Victoria and Albert Museum, 18th century

Detail of the Doors of Paradise, 15th century. Artist: Lorenzo Ghiberti
Detail of the doors of paradise, on the east door of the Baptistry of the Basilica di Santa Maria del Fiore, 15th century

Detail of the Doors of Paradise showing Joseph in Egypt, 15th century. Artist: Lorenzo Ghiberti
Detail of the Doors of Paradise showing Joseph in Egypt, on the east doorway of the Baptistry in Florence, 15th century

Scene from Trajans column, River Tiber personified and pontoon bridge, 2nd century
Scene from Trajans column, showing a detail of the River Tiber personified and a pontoon bridge, 2nd century

Carpets in the souk in Kairouan

Coriolanus Before the Gates of Rome, c1730. Artist: Giovanni Battista Tiepolo
Coriolanus Before the Gates of Rome, c1730. Tiepolo, Giambattista (1696-1770). Found in the collection of the State Hermitage, St. Petersburg

Camel market in Sousse, Tunisia

Coach station at the Strastnoy Monastery, Moscow, Russia, c1900-c1905
Coach station at the Passion (Strastnoy) Monastery, c1900-c1905. Found in the collection of the Russian State Film and Photo Archive, Krasnogorsk

Mosque of El Mecolla, Algiers, c1821-1849. Artist: Antoine Victor Joinville
Mosque of El Mecolla, Algiers, c1821-1849. A mosque viewed from a busy street

The Election: The Polling, 18th-19th century. Plate II of a series of four illustrations. An old soldier tenders his oath but is challenged by an advocate as, having lost his right hand

Loading up horse-drawn vans at the Wells Fargo general office, New York, USA, 1875. Wells Fargo & Co was founded in 1852 by Henry Wells (1805-1878) and William George Fargo (1818-1881)

Deliveries and collections taking place at Wells Fargo depot, New York, USA, 1875. Wells Fargo & Co was founded in 1852 by Henry Wells (1805-1878) and William George Fargo (1818-1881)

Bazaar at Kabul during the fruit season, First Anglo-Afghan War, 1838-1842. Artist: James Atkinson
Bazaar at Kabul during the fruit season, First Anglo-Afghan War, 1838-1842. The British fought the Anglo-Afghan Wars in an attempt to block the expansion of Russias sphere of influence towards India

Westminster Bridge, London, 1753. Westminster Abbey is on the right. At this date the Thames was a busy city thoroughfare, as can be seen from the amount of traffic on the river

Irish emigrants leaving Queenstown (Cobh), the port for Cork, for the United States, 1874. Some are buying last-minute trinkets and good luck tokens

The Parliamentary Female, 1850. Artist: John Leech
The Parliamentary Female, 1850. The dreadful consequences of the emancipation of women. A househusband bringing the family to his busy wife to beg her to take them all to the theatre

A City Thoroughfare, London, 1872. A scene of chaotic traffic congestion with a London policeman trying to get vehicles moving. From London: A Pilgrimage by Gustave Dore and Blanchard Jerrold

Ice stall in the market, Georgetown, Demerara, Guyana (British Guiana), 1888. Artist: Amedee Forestier
Ice stall in the market, Georgetown, Demerara, Guyana (British Guiana), 1888

Tinman, 1751-1777. A print from the Encyclopedie, ou Dictionnaire Raisonne des Sciences, des Arts et des Metiers by Diderot & d Alembert, 1751-1777. Private Collection

The Marina of Brest, c1750-1810. Artist: Nicolas Marie Ozanne
The Marina of Brest, c1750-1810

Restaurant, 1873-1942. Artist: Albert Guillaume
Restaurant, 1873-1942

Vaccination at the Val de Grace Hospital in Paris, c1900. Artist: Alfred Touchemolin
Vaccination at the Val de Grace Hospital in Paris, c1900. From the Musee du Val de Grace, Paris

Livestock Market in L Arbresle, France, mid-late 19th century. Artist: JB Louis Guy
Livestock Market in L Arbresle, France, mid-late 19th century. From the Musee des Beaux-Arts, Lyon, France

Dog and cat meat butcher in Paris, Franco-Prussian War, 1871. During the war Paris was under siege from September 1870 to late January 1871

French druggist and grocer, 16th century. In the foreground a boy uses a pestle and mortar to grind ingredients. In the right background a balance for weighing goods hangs over the counter

The Druggists Shop, 1568. Artist: Jost Amman
The Druggists Shop, 1568. The druggist is grinding down ingredients with a pestle and mortar. Illustration by Jost Amman for his The Book of Trades. (Frankfurt am Main, 1568)

Winter Scene at the Blockhouse in Amsterdam, 17th century. Creator: Reinier Zeeman
Winter Scene at the Blockhouse in Amsterdam, 17th century

Peasant Wedding, 1560. Creator: Peeter van der Borcht
Peasant Wedding, 1560

Peasant Fair, 1559. Creator: Peeter van der Borcht
Peasant Fair, 1559

High Street, Columbus. Ohio, c1897. Creator: Unknown
High Street, Columbus. Ohio, c1897. The Short North is a neighborhood in Columbus on the main High Street. Under French colonial rule from 1663 to 1763, European traders arrived in the 18th century

Pedestrians and traffic, Victoria Street, London, April 1912. Busy street scene with cars, horse-drawn vehicles, an open-topped omnibus on the left, and people crossing the road

King William Street, London

Clearing the Course!, July 7, 1888. Artist: Joseph Swain
Clearing the Course!, July 7, 1888. William Henry Smith, First Lord of the Treasury, and his Conservative colleague, Charles Ritchie, attempt to steer the Ship of Government across crowded waters

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