Day of empire how hyperpowers rise to global dominance--and why they fall by Chua, Amy

Table of Contents: “…The first hegemon -- Tolerance in Rome's high empire -- China's golden age -- The great Mongol empire -- Part two : The enlightening of tolerance. …”

Headlines in history the 1600s

Table of Contents: “…Scientific revolution -- Experimental method: New framework for science -- From mathematics to microscopes: Advances in biology -- On the mechanism of the human mind -- Impressions of Peter the great -- Manchu dynasty rules China -- Establishment of the Tokugawa Shogunate in Japan -- Chapter 4 -- James I: The beginning of Stuart Rule -- Civil wars of 1640-1660: An overview -- Trial and execution of Charles Stuart -- Restoration of the Monarchy in 1660 -- Leviathan: An artificial man -- Glorious revolution of 1688 -- Essay concerning the true end of civil government -- Chapter 5 -- Thirty years' war: Overview -- Rise of swedish influence -- Peace of westphalia -- Reign of Louis XIV -- Lessons in kingship for the dauphin -- Golden age of Dutch commerce -- Fall of the Ottoman empire -- Chapter 6 -- Music during the baroque period -- Vitality of Baroque painting -- Golden age of the theater -- Literature of the seventeenth century -- Matsuo Basho: Master of haika and renga -- Walk through the Taj Mahal -- Middle class in seventeenth-century France -- Great fire of London.…”