1. Eastern Europe
Different, but different.

2. Serfdom

3. Black Death

4. Habsburg Empire

5. Too many ethnic
differences

6. HRE Ferdinand III
and III 1637-1657
Ferdinand the Third, elected Roman
Emperor, always August, King of Germany,
Hungary, Bohemia, Dalmatia, Croatia,
Slavonia, Archduke of Austria, Duke of
Burgundy, Brabant, Styria, Carinthia,
Carniola, Margrave of Moravia, Duke of
Luxemburg, of the Higher and Lower Silesia,
of Wurtemburg and Teck, Prince of Swabia,
Count of Habsburg, Tyrol, Kyburg and
Goritia, Marquess of the Sacred Roman
Empire, Burgovia, the Higher and Lower
Lusace, Lord of the Marquisate of Slavonia,
of Port Naon and Salines.

7. Battle for Vienna,
1683
Sultan
HRE Leopold I
Mehmet IV
King John Sobieski of
Poland

8. Siege of Vienna

9. King John III of Poland wins
the battle

10. HRE Charles VI and Maria
Theresa
Without a male heir,
he got the rulers of
Europe to agree to
the Pragmatic
Sanction of 1713,
which guaranteed
that Habsburg
lands would never
be split and gave
his daughter’s right
to succeed him.

11. Gyorgy Dozsa and
Hungary

12. Hungary in Pieces
Habsburgs persecute Protestants and
nationalists; nobles frequently rebel in
response.

13. Hohenzollern
Prussia
Frederick William (Great
Elector)

14. Brandenburg and
Prussia

15. Frederick I, KING! and Frederick
William, the soldier

16. Russia in
Transformation Ivan III rebelled
against the
Mongol khan,
claimed Moscow
was the ‘Third
Rome’ and
consolidated the
cities around
Moscow into a
Kingdom, of
which he became
CZAR!

17. Ivan the Terrible who
massacred Novgorod

18. Accidentally killed
his son

19. Everyone ran from his secret
police, the Oprichniks!

20. Time of Troubles for
20 years

21. Czar Michael Romanov
1613-45

22. Peter the Great
1682-1725

23. Loses first battles

24. Modernized Russia

25. And reformed the army and
then won

26. 14-rank table of
service
14. Collegiate Registrar 13. Office
Registrar
12. Gubernial Secretary 11. Ship
Secretary
10. Collegiate Secretary 9.
Titular Councillor
8. Collegiate Assessor 7.
Court Councillor
6. Collegiate Councillor 5. Civil
Councillor
4. Chamberlain 3. Privy
Councillor
2. Chief Councillor
1. Chancellor

27. Built St. Petersburg

28. Peter the Great and
his Navy