Philip II

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• BORN MAY 21, 1527 IN VALLADOLID, SPAIN
• KING OF THE SPAINARDS & PORTUGESE
• DURING HIS RULE, SPANISH EMPIRE ATTAINED ITS GREATEST POWER
• MARRIED 4 TIMES. FIRST WIFE WAS HIS COUSIN
• ALSO KNOWN AS PHILIP THE PRUDENT

the Philippines were named after Philip II

the Spain flag because this is the country he ruled

he was married to four different women

Louis XIV

Louis XIV videos

• http://youtu.be/XCcqTbfyr_I
• http://youtu.be/XxIzMr2Ekpo

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• "L'ETAT, C'EST MOI " = "I AM THE STATE" BELIEVED RULER&STATE WERE INSEPERABLE
• BORN SEPTEMBER 5, 1638 AS THE FIRST CHILD AND CONSIDERED "GOD GIVEN"
• CIVIL WAR BROUGHT HIM MISFORTUNE, POVERTY, COLD, AND HUNGER
• RULED FOR 72 YEARS, LONGEST REIGN OF RULING IN EUROPE
• CONSIDERED HIMSELF "SUN GOD". HE WAS AN ABSOLUTE MONARCH AND RULED THE LONGEST

LOUIS XIV WAS A ROMAN CATHOLIC

HE IS THE SYMBOL OF ABSOLUTE MONARCHY

KNOWN AS THE "SUN GOD"

Ivan the terrible

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• BORN AUGUST 25, 1530 IN MOSCOW, RUSSIA
• ANNOUNCED GRAND DUKE ON DAY OF FATHERS DEATH, TAKING GOVERNMENT AT 14
• BEST REMEMBERED AS A CRUEL TYRANT WHO TERRORIZED RUSSIAN SOCIETY
• CAUSED THE TIME OF TROUBLES DUE TO HIS POOR LEADERSHIP
• EARNED THE NAME, IVAN THE TERRIBLE BY HOW CRUEL HE WAS TO PEOPLE

IVAN WAS RUSSIAN ORTHODOX

THIS IS THE WAR&KAOS HE CAUSED

CREATED SECRET POLICE FORCE, HAVING THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE KILLED, ARRESTED,&TORTURED

PETER THE GREAT

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• TOOK POWER IN 1682, ESTABLISHED AN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES TO PROMOTE NEW LEARNING
• BUILT A NEW CAPITAL, "ST. PETERSBURG", BASED ON EUROPEAN DESIGN
• WORKED TOWARDS REFORMING&MODERNIZING THE RUSSIAN STATE
• WANTED TO OPEN RUSSIA UP TO THE WEST
• WANTED TO GAIN ACCESS TO COASTLINE ON THE BALTIC SEA

HE WANTED TO OPEN RUSSIA TO THE WEST

A STATUE OF Him ON HIS HORSE; HORSE STEPPING ON SNAKE TO SHOW CRUSHING OF ENEMIES

the Baltic seA

HENRY VIII

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• BROKE WITH THE CATHOLIC CHURCH BECAUSE IT REFUSED TO GRANT HIM A DIVORCE
• BORN IN LONDON
• FORMED THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND, "ANGLICAN CHURCH"
• COULD NOT HAVE BOYS, SO WENT THROUGH MANY WOMEN
• HAD 6 WIVES

had 4 sons

created the Anglican Church

KING HENRY VIII ENJOYED JOUSTING

Elizabeth I

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• KNOWN AS THE VIRGIN QUEEN BECAUSE SHE WAS NEVER MARRIED
• RULED FOR 45 YEARS, CONSIDERED ONE OF THE MOST GLORIOUS IN ENGLISH HISTORY
• BROUGHT ABOUT THE GOLDEN AGE
• ENCOURAGED TRADE AND EDUCATION
• SPOKE GREEK, LATIN, AND FRENCH

WAS KNOWN AS THE MOTHER OF THE COUNTRY

was a very well respected queen

brought about the golden age during her reign