Maps and Slides for Lecture Five

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Suleyman the Magnificent
(1520-1566)


Depiction of the Siege of Vienna (1529)

 


Depiction of the Battle of Lepanto (1571)

Map of the Ottoman Empire at its height

Wanli Emperor 1572-1620

Threats to the Late Ming Dynasty

The Great Wall of China - built during the Ming Dynasty


Page from the Kangxi Dictionary


Cardinal Richelieu


View of Habsburg Lands in 1547

Depiction of the Siege and Sack of Magdeburg in 1631

Europe after the Peace of Westphalia in 1648

Bust of Voltaire

 


Cover to Diderot's Encyclopedie

 


Link to a VERY detailed map of the Holy Roman Empire is here.

 

All images, unless otherwise noted, are from WikiCommons and are in the public domain.

Late Ming map by the author, using Spence, Jonathan. The Search for Modern China. London: W.W. Norton and Company, London, 1991, pp. 19, 23 as its source.

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