The document is a collection of images and captions from a history textbook. It features over 50 images from various time periods and regions including:
- A 175 foot tall Buddhist statue from 3rd century Afghanistan
- A seated Buddha sculpture from 5th century China
- Maps showing the spread of Buddhism from 500 BCE to the 11th century
- Architectural plans and photographs of structures from China, India, Southeast Asia, Africa, Mesoamerica, and South America spanning several centuries.
- Sculptures, paintings, and artifacts from various Asian and African cultures.
Buddhist. Colossal Statue, Bamiyan, Afghanistan. Northern Wei dynasty, ca. third century CE . Height: 175'.
Buddhist. Large Seated Buddha with Standing Bodhisattva , from cave 20, Ungang, Shaanxi, China. Northern Wei dynasty, ca, 460-70 CE . Height: 44'.
Map: The spread of Buddism, 500 BCE - eleventh century CE .
Chinese. Plan: the Tang capital of Chang’an, China (black-and-white drawing). Tang dynasty, ca. 600 CE .
Chinese. Great Wild Goose Pagoda at Ci’en Temple, Xi’an, Shanxi, China. Tang dynasty, first erected ca. 645 CE .
Guo Xi. Closer Look: Guo Xi's Early Spring : Hanging scroll. Detail, center right section. Song dynasty, 1072. Length: 5'.
Guo Xi. Closer Look: Guo Xi's Early Spring : Hanging scroll. Detail, lower section. Song dynasty, 1072. Length: 5'.
Guo Xi. Closer Look: Guo Xi's Early Spring : Hanging scroll. Song dynasty, 1072. Length: 5'.
Tibetan. Manjushri (Wisdom), thangka from Central Tibet. Thirteenth century. Height: 22".
Bagan. Bagan, Myanmar (formerly Burma): Ancient temples and pagodas, including Sunset Temple (1057). 1057-1287. 16 square miles.
Hindu. Kandarya Mahadeva Temple, Khajuraho, Madhya Pradesh, India. Chandella dynasty, ca. 1025-50.
Hindu. Plan: Kandarya Mahadeva temple, Khajuraho, Madhya Pradesh, India. Chandella dynasty, ca. 1025-50.
Hindu. Angkor Wat, Cambodia. Early twelfth century.
Hindu. Angkor Wat, Cambodia: Devata (goddess). Early twelfth century.
Hindu. Shiva Nataraja, Lord of the Dance , from Southern India. Eleventh century.
Map: Japan.
Fujiwara Japan. Todaiji Temple, Nara, Japan. Built 752, reconstructed, 1709.
Heian Japan. Reconstruction drawing: A shinden-zukuri mansion formerly in Kyoto, Japan.
Takayoshi (attributed). Murasaki Shikibu, The Tale of Genji : illustration, Azumaya chapter (handscroll). Late Heian Japan, 12th century. Height: 8-1/2".
Kosho. Kuyu Preaching . Kamakura Japan, before 1207. Height: 46-1/2".
Kamakura Japan. Scrolls of Events of the Heiji Period : Detail, Night Attack on the Sanjo Palace (handscroll). Late thirteenth century. 16-1/4" × 275-1/2".
Map: Africa ca. 1350, including predominant forms of economic activity.
Ife Culture, Nigeria. Head of an Oni (King). ca. thirteenth century. 11-7/16".
Yoruba Culture, Nigeria. Ade , or beaded crown. Late twentieth century. Height: 6' 1-1/4".
Benin Culture, Nigeria. Benin City as it appeared to an unknown British officer in 1891. 1891.
Benin Culture, Nigeria. Head of an Oba. Edo, Court of Benin. ca. 1550. 9-1/4" × 9-5/8" × 9".
Zagwe dynasty, East Africa. Beta Ghiorghis (House of Saint George), Lalibela, Ethiopia. Thirteenth century.
Swahili Coast. The Great Mosque at Kilwa, interior, Tanzania. Barrel vaults & domes by mid-fifteenth century.
Great Zimbabwe. Bird atop a stone monolith. ca. 1200-1400. Height of bird: 14-1/2". With monolith: 64".)
Great Zimbabwe. Double perimeter wall and remains of two towers resembling Shona granaries in the Great Enclosure. ca. 1200-1400.
Map: The Americas.
Zapotec. Jade pendant, Zapotec, Monte Albán, State of Oaxaca, Mexico. Late pre-Classic, 200 BCE -100 CE . 11" × 6-3/4"
Teotihuacán. Teotihuacán, Mexico, seen from the Pyramid of the Moon, looking south down the Avenue of the Dead, the Pyramid of the Sun at the left. ca. 350-650 CE .
Teotihuacán. The Pyramid of the Moon, looking north up the Avenue of the Dead. ca. 350-650 CE .
Mayan. Madrid Codex, leaves 13–16 (of 56 total). ca. 1400.
Mayan. “Palace” (foreground) and Temple of Inscriptions (tomb pyramid of Lord Pakal), Palenque, Mexico. 600-900 CE .
Mayan. Ball court at Copán, Honduras. ca. 711-36 CE .
Moche. Moche Lord with a Feline, from Moche Valley, Peru. ca. 100 BCE -500 CE . Height: 7-1/2".
Inca. Machu Picchu, Peru. ca. 1450.
Inca. Tapestry-weave Inca Tunic, south coast of Peru. ca. 1440-1540. 35-1/8" × 30".
Inca. Continuity & Change: The Spanish & the Fate of the Inca & Aztec Capitals: Inca stone wall of the Coricancha beneath a Dominican monastery, Cuzco, Peru.
Aztec. Continuity & Change: The Spanish & the Fate of the Inca & Aztec Capitals: Azetc serpent heads in the archeological zone of the Templo Mayor, Mexico City, Mexico.