HIST 1010 Lecture 19: Lecture 19 HIST 1010
19 Jan 2018
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Petersburg in 1703, very modern city: peter wants a navy and access to the sea, wars of peter the great. Attacks the ottoman empire- istanbule was the largest city. Ottoman"s are on the same side as louis the 14th (catholic) but also with the protestants, they go up to vienna. In 1683-> ottoman empires power is basically gone due to external and internal wars, lots of internal fighting regarding government. In 1696 peter the great takes over azov and gets access to the black sea: great northern war (1700-1721) Sweden had control over the baltic sea so they prevented russia from getting a port in this area, Peter attacks sweden and loses, but learns from the lose and informs military reform, and forces nobles to partake in the army for life. Catherine was not married to peter, they ruled in different time periods. She had a husband named peter but not peter the.
