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Events that changed the world in the seventeenth century
Title:
Events that changed the world in the seventeenth century
Author:
Thackeray, Frank W.
Publication Information:
Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 1999.
Physical Description:
xi, 213 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
Language:
English
Contents:
The time of troubles, 1598-1618 -- The establishment of the Tokugawa shogunate, 1603 -- The founding of Jamestown, 1607 -- The Thirty Years' War, 1618-1648 -- Louis XIV and the grand monarchy, 1643-1715 -- The Manchu conquest, 1644 -- The Scientific Revolution, c. 1650 -- The golden age of Mogul power, c. 1650 -- The siege of Vienna, 1683 -- The Glorious Revolution, 1688-1689.
Reading Level:
1270 Lexile.
ISBN:
9780313290787
Format :
Book