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Shen Tsung, Northern Sung emperor of China (1067-1085), looking at a painting (upper right) ordered by one of his ministers that depicted the sufferings of his people during a famine, including the continued payment of tribute to mandarins (lower left). Painted silk scroll by an unidentified artist, probably Sung or Ming Dynasty

CHINA: EMPEROR AND FAMINE.
Shen Tsung, Northern Sung emperor of China (1067-1085), looking at a painting (upper right) ordered by one of his ministers that depicted the sufferings of his people during a famine, including the continued payment of tribute to mandarins (lower left). Painted silk scroll by an unidentified artist, probably Sung or Ming Dynasty

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ISAMBARD KINGDOM BRUNEL (1806-1859). English engineer

ISAMBARD KINGDOM BRUNEL
(1806-1859). English engineer. Brunel before the Great Eastern steamship's braking drum chains, which lowered the ship from the slip for launching: photograph, 1857, by Robert Howlett

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Buddhist monk Thich Quang Duc (1897-1963) committing self-immolation at an intersection in Saigon, South Vietnam, in protest against the anti-Buddhist measures of President Ngo Dinh Diem and his treatment of protestors, 11 June 1963. Photographed by Malcolm Browne

BUDDHIST CRISIS, 1963.
Buddhist monk Thich Quang Duc (1897-1963) committing self-immolation at an intersection in Saigon, South Vietnam, in protest against the anti-Buddhist measures of President Ngo Dinh Diem and his treatment of protestors, 11 June 1963. Photographed by Malcolm Browne.

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