Aboriginal Australia: 65,000 Years of Living Culture

Under Emperor Ashoka in the 3rd century BC, the Maurya Empire controlled most of the Indian subcontinent and produced one of the most remarkable transformations in the history of political leadership: a conqueror who renounced war.

Constructed in the 12th century by the Khmer Emperor Suryavarman II, Angkor Wat is the world's largest religious monument and a masterpiece of classical Khmer architecture.

The revelation received by the Prophet Muhammad in 610 CE gave birth to Islam, which within a century had spread from Arabia to Spain, Central Asia, and the borders of China.

When Martin Luther nailed his 95 Theses to a church door in 1517, he ignited a religious revolution that permanently fractured Western Christianity and reshaped European politics.