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A pastor standing in front of a white church and holding a red hardcover book. He looks slightly up and away from camera, sun shining on his face.

Middle eastern man looks just off camera. Caption. I felt that I was just as American as anybody else.

Still image from: All About Asia for Kids

Old-fashioned radio rests on a wooden ledge next to a plate of Christmas tree and smiley faces cookies.

Digital illustration of Jesus Christ framed by a golden halo and standing in the doorway of a tomb. Caption. Christians believe Jesus Christ came back to life.

Still image from: All About the Holidays: Easter (Spanish)

Series of illustrated Biblical scenes from Abraham's life. He is shown walking and working with his son.

Aerial view of crowds lined up for prayer in front of illuminated mosque.

A gold menorah lit with flames superimposed in front of a mud brick wall with a doorway framing the moon.

Series of blue toned illustrations depicting stories of Hindu deities and demons. Caption. It began as an ancient Hindu celebration.

Still image from: All About the Holidays: Holi (Spanish)

Digital illustration of a post and lintel streaked with red. Pyramid structures and moon in background. Caption. So the plague would pass over them.

Still image from: All About the Holidays: Passover (Spanish)

Collaged illustration. Queen Esther wears a purple dress and gestures towards King Haman who wears a red robe and gold hat. Caption. And persuaded the king to ignore the decree.

Still image from: All About the Holidays: Purim (Spanish)

Shofar superimposed over the image of an ornate synagogue sanctuary with light streaming in. Title card reads, "Shofar." Caption. Is blown 100 times to celebrate the story of creation.

Still image from: All About the Holidays: Rosh Hashanah (Spanish)

Mottled gold image of a Buddha statue that blends into gold background. Title card reads, "Buddha Purnima. Buddha Day." Caption. Also known as Buddha Purnima, or Buddha day.

Still image from: All About the Holidays: Vesak (Spanish)

Family smiles at camera with synagogue sanctuary in background. Caption. They'll go to their synagogues for special prayers.

Still image from: All About the Holidays: Yom Kippur (Spanish)

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Ancient, decrepit white stone building covered in moss with the roots of a large tree coming down over 1 of the walls. Caption. "Angkor Wat is a legacy of the mighty King Suryavarman the Second."

Lake in front of some hills and mountains, with lots of clouds above the mountain peaks. Caption. "The kingdom of Bhutan is a magical Himalayan nation."

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Closeup of mosaic image of a sixth-century king. Caption. Hagia Sofia was built by the emperor Justinian.

Backs of a few men walking and biking down a busy street next to a yellow rickshaw. The street is surrounded by busy, multistory buildings with many signs. Caption. Male as narrator. "Madurai, in the southern state of Tamil Nadu."

Elaborate casket draped in gold and jewels is on display against a red curtain backdrop. Caption. "The casket holding the tooth is a bell-shaped stupa."

Large stone castle sitting on top of a hill with trees in the foreground and mountains in the background. Caption. "It's a network of Moorish palaces--the Alhambra."

Silhouette of 2 gothic-style cathedral spires against bright pink clouds lit up by a sunset. Caption. "Chartres Cathedral is a great religious treasure."

External view of the ancient Pantheon, a circular Roman temple with huge stone columns at its entrance and a domed roof. Caption. "It's the best preserved Roman temple in the world."

Closeup view detailing the tan columns and stones that make up the ancient Roman Parthenon. Caption. "The Parthenon was built around 430 B, C."

2 yoked yaks plowing a field. Caption. The mild tempered ox-like creatures.

Still image from: Blue's Clues and You: A Blue's Clues Festival of Lights

Still image from: Books That Changed the World: Tao Te Ching--Part 1 (Spanish)

Still image from: Books That Changed the World: Tao Te Ching--Part 2 (Spanish)

Still image from: Books That Changed the World: Tao Te Ching--Part 3 (Spanish)

Still image from: Books That Changed the World: Tao Te Ching--Part 4 (Spanish)

Still image from: Books That Changed the World: The Bible--Part 1(Spanish)

Still image from: Books That Changed the World: The Bible--Part 2 (Spanish)

Still image from: Books That Changed the World: The Bible--Part 3 (Spanish)

Still image from: Books That Changed the World: The Bible--Part 4 (Spanish)

Still image from: Books That Changed the World: The Quran--Part 1 (Spanish)

Still image from: Books That Changed the World: The Quran--Part 2 (Spanish)

Still image from: Books That Changed the World: The Quran--Part 3 (Spanish)

Still image from: Books That Changed the World: The Quran--Part 4 (Spanish)

Still image from: BRI's Homework Help: The Free Exercise Clause

Still image from: BRI's Homework Help: Wisconsin v. Yoder

Young boy wearing a shirt and shorts in camo print holds his arms out as a man in the foreground claps. Caption. Come here daily to consult deities and ancestors.

Woman wearing a white lace head scarf clasps rosary beads between her hands and bows her head in prayer. Behind her a crowd of people look forward or bow their heads.

Still image from: Crash Course World History I: 2000 Years of Chinese History! The Mandate of Heaven and Confucius

Still image from: Crash Course World History I: Christianity From Judaism to Constantine

Still image from: Crash Course World History I: Islam, the Qu'ran, and the Five Pillars

Still image from: Crash Course World History I: Mansa Musa and Islam in Africa

Still image from: Crash Course World History II: Islam and Politics

Still image from: Crash Course World History II: Luther and the Protestant Reformation

Man wearing a vintage costume suit and hat stands in front of a white church and snow on the ground. He faces camera and uses sign language, gesturing with both hands out slightly to 1 side. Caption. Church services were done in sign language.

Sculpture of a dragon made from stone inlaid on a flat surface. Caption: It can create life, but it can also destroy it,

Illustration shows blue and red women with swords in their hands looking up at a white Hindu God that has their head cut off and blood pouring out of their neck like a fountain.

Still image from: Fate and Fabled: The World on the Back of a Turtle

Still image from: Fate and Fabled: War in Heaven

Illustration shows a man with hair in a curled cone shape holding fire in his hand. Behind him are tall trees. Text reads, “Orun. Aye.”

Outdoor bronze statue of a man sitting and holding a pencil. Text reads, “Great Poets of the World. English-language Poets Eighth Century A.D. - 1830 .”

Digital illustration shows five Greek gods, goddesses, and heroes wearing togas stand below the text “Greek Mythology.”

Senior man gives a high five to a teenage girl across a reception desk. Next to him, a woman is seated in front of a computer and 2 other teenagers are nearby. Caption. Islam, Judaism, and Hinduism.

Black and white frame of old town Jerusalem with brick structures in foreground and domes in background. Caption. In 586 B.C., the Babylonian king Nebuchadnezzar.

Group of children wearing yarmulkes sit next to each other in an interior space, a small crowd of adults in the faded background.

Still image from: Juneteenth: Faith & Freedom

Color illustration of bearded soldiers wearing robes while holding spears and shields. Spanish caption. Pero nadie contestaba, y Goliat blandió su lanza.

Color illustration of a white-bearded man in an ark waving at another white-bearded man who points back from a neighboring ark. Spanish caption. No creo haber olvidado a ningún animal.

Outdoor labyrinth made from shrubs. Caption. Which affect us personally, spiritually, and environmentally.

Man dressed as Zeus speaking to a man seated behind a desk with a microphone. Caption. Dwight, this is my wife, Hera.

Freeze frame shows gears for a Mayan calendar. Caption. Was part of their religion.

Blurry photo of 2 Minoan men running.

Cartoon of the back of a man with a white turban holding a jar with smoke coming out. He is looking at the silhouette of a large, bearded genie with glowing white eyes. The genie holds up its right forefinger.

Black and white side angle photo of Mother Teresa standing with 2 men and a child looking back at her.

Black and white illustration of a wedding with a Black groom and White bride. The pastor marrying them is Black and wearing a long dark robe. Caption. Among free blacks and whites.

Young middle eastern boy sitting outside smiles at camera. Caption. And I am from Philadelphia.

Woman wearing a hijab stands in a kitchen and looks off with a slight smile. Caption. Female Narrator. This is Ferdaus. She's in love.

Storybook excerpt shows an illustration of children sitting in the front seat of a fire engine. Text tells the story of siblings learning about fire safety and being invited to sit in a fire truck.

Still image from: Origin of Everything: What if Islam Had Conquered Europe?

Still image from: Origin of Everything: What was Jesus’s Real Name?

Still image from: Origin of Everything: Why Are We Obsessed with Cults?

Still image from: Origin of Everything: Why Do So Many Religions Have Headwear?

Closeup of a statue of a man's face with curly hair and a medium length curly beard. It is made of dark stone. Caption. And king of all gods, Jupiter Optimus Maximus.

Interior shot of a group of people raising their hands in the air at a Barbados church.

Color illustration of woman in white stola holding up drapey fabric that displays a star above her head. 3 women in white stolas surround her with arms extended as if gliding through air. Caption. Or any other kind of mythology is.

Black and white photo of a white building with a sign that reads L. Kaufman, Cheap Cash Store. Caption. They had all of these informal financial relationships

Still image from: Read Along With Me Picture Books: The Gifts of the Animals--A Christmas Tale

Still image from: Rituals of the World: Ethiopia--A Baptism in the Sky

Still image from: Rituals of the World: India--Festival of Color

Landscape shows lush green mountains whose tops are covered by clouds. In the foreground, a car travels around a mountainside on a rough-cut road. Title text, "Peru: Masters of Chaos."

Landscape shows a canal that cuts through a city. People hang out on the side of the canal, and a ferry floats down it. Title text, "Seville Holy Week."

Man in beige ranger-style hat, wearing white collared shirt and necktie. Caption. And it's an amazing experience, teaching people about nature.

Man sitting on boxes in a camel drawn cart in a South Asian town. Caption. Drawing carts through traffic.

Oil rig passing through a water outlet. Caption. They call it petrotiasis.

People sitting and standing in front of a grass hut. Caption. They, too, have to be held accountable.

Closeup of walking woman wearing a scarf and carrying a container on her head. Caption. Between the rich and the poor.

Wide shot of a crowd standing around a building, and pouring out of a balcony and stairs. Caption. We do not talk of tribes in the N, P, N.

Man in military dress uniform seated before a microphone. Caption. Victory for the unity of this country.

Sign with Afrikaans words, Interdit, venteet consomation de boissons alcoolisees. Caption. Amadou Bamba, in a vision, first received his calling.

Nomadic farmers walking with animals. Caption. Africa's animals were about to lose their souls.

Wide shot of low skyscrapers. Caption. In what continent am I, Africa or Europe?

Landscape image of an Amish farm. Caption. So the Amish can hardly afford to farm here anymore.

Color illustration. 4 men in white robes use wood beams to carry the Ark of the Covenant through an ancient town. Caption. Joshua makes the ark a righteous weapon.

Colorful spread of a weathered Sanskrit manuscript with ornamental detail. Caption. Female as Narrator. The "gita" is the most philosophical.

Woman wearing a sleeveless white top with black bow smiles as she looks forward and stands in front of an orange backdrop. Caption. Let's start with examining their origins.

Still image from: The Brain Scoop: Why Were Ancient Egyptians Obsessed With Cats?

Vintage labeled map of Europe. Army positioned between Portugal and France, stretching out along the border to Hungary, and up to the German Empire. Caption. He led his own army on a 3-year crusade.

Closeup on a page from the Dead Sea Scrolls written in Hebrew using black ink on papyrus. Caption. The scrolls yield intriguing clues.

Computer rendering of a Florentine church. Caption. The church of Santa Reparata was renovated and modified.

Middle eastern man wearing agal stands behind a green podium in front of an audience. Caption. That makes them powerful politically.

Native American man in a tan cowboy hat, navy suit jacket, and orange shirt looks down towards the camera. Behind him, a brightly colored wall hanging.

Closeup of the dome of the U, S Capitol building against a blue sky. Caption. Is now at the forefront of modern American politics.

Color illustration showing Muslim invaders climbing ladders to storm a castle. Below this, soldiers fire arrows up and over the castle walls.

Wide shot of Piazza San Marco in Venice looking towards Saint Mark's Basilica and Campanile. Caption. But how did this fairy tale setting come into being.

Digital illustration of ancient artifacts from the Shang dynasty including a stone dragon and oracle bone script with early Chinese calligraphy. Caption. Because the rulers were all from the same family.

Simple map with brown edges is labeled, "Dinastía Qin." Spanish caption. Qin Shi Huang se proclamó emperador.

Cartoon of Romulus and Remus standing next to each other in an ornate living area with framed art, bronze statues, and a globe. Caption. Romulus and Remus were descendants of Aeneas.

Digital illustration of a stone facade with Greek columns, archways, and a balcony. Full size painting of Julius Caesar fills the archway and balcony, as if he is speaking to a crowd. Spanish caption. En sus comienzos, Roma fue gobernada por reyes.

Digital illustration of dozens of colorful castle towers in Mecca. Caption. 1 that would become 1 of the richest.

Digital illustration of 2 Arabic paper dolls standing in a pop-up book in front of the Great Mosque of Mecca. Spanish caption. Mucha gente peregrinaba a la Meca.

Digital illustration of a man labeled Abraham wearing a white robe, a green tunic, and white head and neck scarf. He's standing on top of a mountain and gesturing to his left. Caption. The son of a sculptor from the city of Ur.

Digital illustration of a man with long white hair and a beard wearing a black yarmulke. He's writing at a desk in a bedroom setting with a menorah on the shelf behind him. Spanish caption. Este fue el pueblo hebreo.

Several Indian men wearing slacks and button up shirts congregate in the sun on gray stone stairs. Caption. Today, the majority of India's population is Hindu.

Woman with wavy red hair parts lips in mid-speech. Caption. Because he sort of opened the door for Africans.

Still image from: Treasures Decoded: Jesus's Wife

Still image from: Treasures Decoded: The Turin Shroud

A line of people walk towards a building with painted walls and thatched roof. Caption. He founded the Cyrene mission school for young Africans.

Slide shows glowing circles and Stars of David spread out across the background of sparking gold text that reads, "What is Hanukkah?"

Cave painting of a snake head. Caption: In their minds, all things spring from snakes --

Low side angle shot of an ancient Greek statue showing the face of Artemis. Caption. Artemis is 1 of the main ones.