Maps and Images for McKay 8e A History of Western Society Chapter 17 Absolutism in Eastern Europe to 1740 Cover Slide Copyright © Houghton Mifflin Company.

Maps and Images for McKay 8e

A History of Western Society

Chapter 17

Absolutism in Eastern Europe to 1740

Cover Slide

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Ivan the TerribleThis oil painting on a wooden panel, from the National Museum, Copenhagen, depicts Ivan IV (otherwise known as "Ivan the Terrible"), the first to take the title Tsar of Russia. He executed many Muscovite Boyars and their peasants and servants, and his ownership of all land, trade, and industry restricted economic development. (National Museum, Copenhagen)

Ivan the Terrible

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Saint Basil's CathedralWith its sloping roofs and colorful onion-shaped domes, Saint Basil's Cathedral (1554-1560, built during Ivan the Terrible's reign) is a striking example of powerful Byzantine influences on Russian culture. According to tradition, an enchanted Ivan the Terrible blinded the cathedral's architects to ensure that they would never duplicate their fantastic achievement, which still dazzles the beholder in today's Red Square. (George Hollton/Photo Researchers)

Saint Basil's Cathedral


Constructing walls around Moscow

Constructing walls around MoscowMoscow's newly constructed walls allowed Muscovites to defeat the invading Lithuanian army in 1368, which was a key event in the growth of Muscovite power.(Copyright (c) Houghton Mifflin Company. All Rights Reserved.)


Molding Prussian spiritDiscipline was strict and punishment brutal in the Prussian army. This scene, from an eighteenth-century book used to teach schoolchildren in Prussia, shows one soldier being flogged while another is being beaten with canes as he walks between rows of troops. The officer on horseback proudly commands. (University of Illinois Library, Champaign)

Molding Prussian spirit


Peter the Great on horsebackThis seventeenth-century painting of Peter the Great (1682-1725) on horseback, by the painter Louis Karavack, celebrates the power and determination of Russia's famous ruler. Most appropriately, it shows him imperiously leading his armies into battle. Peter waged war almost continually throughout his long reign, and the desire to build a large modern army motivated many of his reforms. (Novosti)

Peter the Great on horseback


Map: Turkey and Eastern Europe

Turkey and Eastern EuropeWith the conquest of Constantinople, Syria, and Palestine, the Ottoman Turks controlled the eastern Mediterranean and dominated Europe below the Danube River. The Holy Roman emperors, rulers of Italy, and kings of Spain had to be concerned about potential invasions by land or by sea.(Copyright (c) Houghton Mifflin Company. All Rights Reserved.)


Map: The Ottoman Empire at Its Height, 1566

The Ottoman Empire at Its Height, 1566The Ottomans, like their great rivals the Habsburgs, rose to rule a vast dynastic empire encompassing many different peoples and ethnic groups. The army and the bureaucracy served to unite the disparate territories into a single state. (Copyright (c) Houghton Mifflin Company. All Rights Reserved.)


Map: Territories of the Austrian Habsburgs, ca. 1556

Territories of the Austrian Habsburgs, ca. 1556In addition to the lands constituting modern Austria, Austrian Habsburg lands comprised the Tyrol (modern west Austria and northeast Italy), Carniola (modern Slovenia), part of Croatia, Bohemia (the core of the modern Czech Republic and southern Poland), and Hungary. Most of Hungary had been in Ottoman hands since the Battle of Mohacs in 1526. (Copyright (c) Houghton Mifflin. All rights reserved.)


Map: The Expansion of Russia, 1500-1800

The Expansion of Russia, 1500-1800Sweden and Poland initially blocked Russian expansion in Europe, while the Ottoman Empire blocked the Southwest. In the sixteenth century, Russia began to expand east, toward Siberia and the Pacific Ocean. By the end of the rule of Catherine the Great in 1796, Russia encompassed all of northern and northeastern Russia. (Copyright (c) Houghton Mifflin Company. All Rights Reserved.)


Map: New Powers in Central and Eastern Europe, to 1725

New Powers in Central and Eastern Europe, to 1725The balance of power in central and eastern Europe shifted with the strengthening of Austria, the rise of Brandenburg-Prussia, and the expansion of Russia at the expense of Poland and Sweden. (Copyright (c) Houghton Mifflin. All rights reserved.)


Map: The Growth of Austria and Brandenburg-Prussia to 1748

The Growth of Austria and Brandenburg-Prussia to 1748Austria expanded to the southwest into Hungary and Transylvania at the expense of the Ottoman Empire. It was unable to hold the rich German province of Silesia, however, which was conquered by Brandenburg-Prussia. (Copyright (c) Houghton Mifflin Company. All Rights Reserved.)


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