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Religious conflict in the 18th century

Why, two centuries after the Reformation, did this event take place?



Link 1

( http://historicaltextarchive.com/salzburger/cath.html )

Early modern Russian folk prints (lubki)

Use the lubki to discuss how ordinary Russians understood themselves and their times.



Link 1

( http://www.rollins.edu/Foreign_Lang/Russian/Lubok/lubok.html )

Ottoman Empire

Use this web site to determine the motivation of the Gazi warriors, who the Janissaries were, or why the Islamicisation of Bosnia was so different than elsewhere in Balkans.



Link 1

( Link 1 http://www.ucalgary.ca/applied_history/tutor/islam/empires/ottoman/ )

Growth of St. Petersburg

Use four maps c. 1698-1737 to chart the growth of the new Russian capital.



Link 1
(1698)
( http://www.300.spb.ru/maps/1698/index_ru.htm )
Link 2
(1717)
( http://www.300.spb.ru/maps/1717/index_ru.htm )
Link 3
(1731)
( http://feature.geography.wisc.edu/histcart/stp.gif )
Link 4
(1737)
( http://www.300.spb.ru/maps/1737/index_ru.htm )

Russian ethnic groups and languages

Utilize these sites to analyze the diversity of Russian ethnic groups, languages and regional identities.



Link 1

( Link 2 http://www.ethnologue.com/show_map.asp?name=RUE )
Link 2

( http://www.sil.org/ethnologue/countries/RusE.html )







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