Author: Jarmo Kotilaine
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1134397429
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 612
Book Description
First Published in 2004. Modernizing Muscovy is a comprehensive account of seventeenth-century Russian history. It rejects the traditional interpretation of this era as the twilight of the Russian Middle Ages. By revealing important instances of dynamic change in the late Muscovite state, economy, and society, the book demonstrates the crucial importance of pre-Petrine reform in Russia’s transition to one of the great powers of the world. The book’s broad scope makes it a veritable encyclopaedia of late Muscovite history. It both synthesizes previous scholarship and breaks new ground in many important areas.
Modernizing Muscovy
Author: Jarmo Kotilaine
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1134397429
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 612
Book Description
First Published in 2004. Modernizing Muscovy is a comprehensive account of seventeenth-century Russian history. It rejects the traditional interpretation of this era as the twilight of the Russian Middle Ages. By revealing important instances of dynamic change in the late Muscovite state, economy, and society, the book demonstrates the crucial importance of pre-Petrine reform in Russia’s transition to one of the great powers of the world. The book’s broad scope makes it a veritable encyclopaedia of late Muscovite history. It both synthesizes previous scholarship and breaks new ground in many important areas.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1134397429
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 612
Book Description
First Published in 2004. Modernizing Muscovy is a comprehensive account of seventeenth-century Russian history. It rejects the traditional interpretation of this era as the twilight of the Russian Middle Ages. By revealing important instances of dynamic change in the late Muscovite state, economy, and society, the book demonstrates the crucial importance of pre-Petrine reform in Russia’s transition to one of the great powers of the world. The book’s broad scope makes it a veritable encyclopaedia of late Muscovite history. It both synthesizes previous scholarship and breaks new ground in many important areas.
The New American Cyclopædia
Author: George Ripley
Publisher:
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Category : Encyclopedias and dictionaries
Languages : en
Pages : 798
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category : Encyclopedias and dictionaries
Languages : en
Pages : 798
Book Description
The New American Cyclopaedia
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Languages : en
Pages : 804
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Languages : en
Pages : 804
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The American Antiquarian and Oriental Journal
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Category : America
Languages : en
Pages : 656
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Category : America
Languages : en
Pages : 656
Book Description
The American Antiquarian and Oriental Journal
Author: Stephen Denison Peet
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Category : America
Languages : en
Pages : 664
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Category : America
Languages : en
Pages : 664
Book Description
The American Antiquarian
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Category : America
Languages : en
Pages : 356
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Category : America
Languages : en
Pages : 356
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Migration Within the Empire
Author: Ernest Albert Crossley Belcher
Publisher: London : W. Collins Sons ; Toronto : Ryerson Press
ISBN:
Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 312
Book Description
Publisher: London : W. Collins Sons ; Toronto : Ryerson Press
ISBN:
Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 312
Book Description
THE AMERICAN CYCLOPAEDIA
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Languages : en
Pages : 860
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Languages : en
Pages : 860
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Exploration
Author: Michael Allaby
Publisher: Infobase Publishing
ISBN: 1438131615
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 257
Book Description
Exploration tells the intriguing story of the navigators who crossed oceans to chart the coastlines of distant continents, the adventurers who traversed deserts and polar wastes, and the traders who sought new markets and commodities in faraway lands. The secrets of the planet and its living inhabitants have been unraveled thanks to the efforts made by these navigators and adventurers. This new, full-color book begins with a narration of the earliest seagoing ships and the vehicles that transported diplomats, warriors, and merchants around the Mediterranean region and later around the world. It explores the Vikings who terrorized Western Europe and colonized Greenland as well as the swift outrigger vessels that sailed from Asia to the islands of the Pacific. This accessible resource describes the development of navigational instruments to help on long journeys out of sight of landOCoincluding the sextant and compassOCoand explains how to calculate latitude and longitude."
Publisher: Infobase Publishing
ISBN: 1438131615
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 257
Book Description
Exploration tells the intriguing story of the navigators who crossed oceans to chart the coastlines of distant continents, the adventurers who traversed deserts and polar wastes, and the traders who sought new markets and commodities in faraway lands. The secrets of the planet and its living inhabitants have been unraveled thanks to the efforts made by these navigators and adventurers. This new, full-color book begins with a narration of the earliest seagoing ships and the vehicles that transported diplomats, warriors, and merchants around the Mediterranean region and later around the world. It explores the Vikings who terrorized Western Europe and colonized Greenland as well as the swift outrigger vessels that sailed from Asia to the islands of the Pacific. This accessible resource describes the development of navigational instruments to help on long journeys out of sight of landOCoincluding the sextant and compassOCoand explains how to calculate latitude and longitude."
Biographical Dictionary of Explorers
Author: Alan Wexler
Publisher: Infobase Holdings, Inc
ISBN: 1438182155
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 910
Book Description
An informative, fascinating resource suitable for students, researchers, and general readers, this biographical dictionary is a "who was who" of world and space explorers, giving readers a sense of the human drama—the achievements and the challenges—that those who go where few or none have gone before must face. The explorers covered include Jacques Cousteau, Sir Vivian Fuchs, John Glenn Jr., Aleksei Leonov, Annie Peck, Valentina Tereshkova, and many more.
Publisher: Infobase Holdings, Inc
ISBN: 1438182155
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 910
Book Description
An informative, fascinating resource suitable for students, researchers, and general readers, this biographical dictionary is a "who was who" of world and space explorers, giving readers a sense of the human drama—the achievements and the challenges—that those who go where few or none have gone before must face. The explorers covered include Jacques Cousteau, Sir Vivian Fuchs, John Glenn Jr., Aleksei Leonov, Annie Peck, Valentina Tereshkova, and many more.