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Sorghaghtani Beki in the eyes of court historians
Sorghaghtani Beki, the wife and then widow of Chinggis Khan’s youngest son Tolui, appears in many contemporary written sources about the Mongol Empire, and is always viewed positively.
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Frontispiece of Sir Thomas Roe
This image is the frontispiece of Sir Thomas Roe (ca. 1581-1644) from the book The Negotiations of Sir T. Roe in his Embassy to the Ottoman Porte from the year 1621 to 1628, a collection of his correspondence during his time as the English ambassador to the Ottoman Empire.
Methods
Analyzing Newspapers
A newspaper is a publication intended for a broad audience that appears regularly, often daily, and claims to contain factual accounts of recent events. Usually newspapers are published with the intention of making a profit.
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Sikkim Photos (Kandell Collection)
This collection offers a peek into how people lived in the Kingdom of Sikkim, despite the kingdom and monarchy no longer existing in the same form today.
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Persian Language Rare Materials
The Persian Language Rare Materials Collection is an online repository of manuscripts, printed books, lithographs, and imprints which have a variety of purposes, including discussing scientific, religious, philosophical and literary topics.
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Korean Rare Book Digital Collection
These collection's topics include history, politics, social life and values, education, biology and more from the pre-modern Korean perspective.
Review
Indigenous Law Web Archive
The Indigenous Law Web Archive is an archive of documents concerning the laws and practices of Indigenous nations of the US, which have their own sovereign governments.
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Piracy Trials
As the title suggests, the collection deals with piracy prior to 1923, in this context referring to robbery or violence committed on the high seas.
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World War I Posters
This collection is useful in a variety of ways—to study history, to study art and graphic design, and even to study pop culture.
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