Many of the works relate directly to major historical figures of world significance (Ibn Sina, Ulughbeg, Temur, Chingiz Khan, Navoi, Beruni), and several are in the author's own hand.

UNESCO: OFFICE IN TASHKENT

Nowadays most people understand the historical significance of recorded sound, and libraries around the world are preserving as much of it as possible.

WSJ: Copyright Protection That Serves to Destroy | Sightings by Terry Teachout

But it was a few years later, walking through the vineyards just north of Epernay in the Marne Valley, that I became aware of the historical significance of a landscape that saw the destruction of thousands of young men in World War I.

WSJ: Reflections on Champagne