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Events that changed the world in the seventeenth century [electronic resource]

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Title Events that changed the world in the seventeenth century [electronic resource] / edited by Frank W. Thackeray & John E. Findling.
Publisher Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press
Creation Date 1999
Notes Description based upon print version of record.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
English
Content Contents
Illustrations
Preface
1 The Time of Troubles, 1598- 1618
2 The Establishment of the Tokugawa Shogunate, 1603
3 The Founding of Jamestown, 1607
4 The Thirty Years' War, 1618-1648
5 Louis XIV and the Grand Monarchy, 1643-1715
6 The Manchu Conquest, 1644
7 The Scientific Revolution, c. 1650
8 The Golden Age of Mogul Power, c. 1650
9 The Siege of Vienna, 1683
10 The Glorious Revolution, 1688- 1689
Appendix A Glossary
Appendix B Timeline
Appendix C Ruling Houses and Dynasties
Index
About the Editors and Contributors
Series The Greenwood Press "Events that changed the world" series, 1078-7860
Extent 1 online resource (227 p.)
Language English
National Library system number 997010702590405171
MARC RECORDS
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