[오늘의 한문장] Story of the World, Vol. 3 : History for the Classical Child: Early Modern Times

Ch. 21 Fighting Over North America
Three Pointless Wars
- King William’s War
- Queen Anne’s War
- King George’s War

The Seven-Year War
- The French and Indian War

[오늘의 한문장] Story of the World, Vol. 3 : History for the Classical Child: Early Modern Times

Ch.20 The Imperial East

Emperor Chi’en-lung’s Library

The Land of the Dragon

Ch.19 The English in India T...

Ch.19 The English in India

The Indian Empire Falls Apart

The Shopkeepers’ Invasion

Ch.18 East and West Collide ...

Ch.18 East and West Collide
The Ottomans Look West-Twice
The attack on Vienna in 1683 was the last great attack of the Ottoman Turks.
After 25 years later, Ahmet III admired Western culture and Western ideas. “Tulip King” and the Tulip Period

Ch.17 Russia Looks West Pete...

Ch.17 Russia Looks West
Peter the Great
Peter I who became known as “Peter the Great”, became Czar of Russia in 1682.

Peter’s Port to the West
Great Northern War against Sweden, began in 1700 - and lasted for the next twenty-one years.
He named a brand new city on the shores of the Neva St. Petersburg after his patron saint, Peter.
He died in 1724.
Peter had made Russia larger.
But even more important: he had made Russia part of Europe.