Cleopatra's Needle on the Thames was carved in Heliopolis around 1450 BC under Thutmose III, and Ramesses II later added inscriptions. It became linked to Cleopatra because it stood in a temple she built in Alexandria. Britain received it as a gift from Muhammad Ali, ruler of Egypt, in 1819, to commemorate victories over France, and it was winched into place in 1878. Nearby, the figure on Nelson's Column frieze is believed by many to be George Ryan, a sailor recorded as African who served on HMS Victory at Trafalgar. The walk also covers Ottobah Cugoano, who was enslaved in Grenada and later published an abolitionist book in 1787, and Ignatius Sancho, who voted in a British general election.

Hampi is a UNESCO World Heritage Site in Karnataka, India, with more than 1,600 surviving remains spread over 4,100 hectares. It was the capital of the Vijayanagara Empire from 1336 to 1565. Travellers from Persia and Portugal described it as a prosperous, wealthy and grand city with temples, markets and farms along the Tungabhadra River. By 1500 it was estimated to be the world's second-largest city after Beijing, and probably India's richest at the time. In 1565 a coalition of Muslim sultanates defeated the Vijayanagara Empire, its capital was conquered and destroyed, and the city was left in ruins. Hampi remains a religious centre, with the active Virupaksha Temple at its heart.