17th century

Presents the life and work of the English playwright William Shakespeare and provides information about the theater of sixteenth-century London.

Describes and evaluates the global impact of ten of the seventeenth-century's most important events, including the scientific revolution, the founding of Jamestown, and the expansion of the Ottoman Empire.

Examines the history, culture, and society of Elizabethan England, and looks at the life and writings of William Shakespeare within the context of the time in which he lived.

Simple text and photographs depict some foods and cooking techniques of American colonists.

Traces the early colonization of New England by the Pilgrims in 1620, their struggles, association with the natives, and the Puritan legacy.

Describes the founding and history of the Massachusetts Bay Colony and discusses related topics including Puritan clothing, the Wampanoags, Increase Mather, scurvy, and Paul Revere's ride.

Describes the religious conflicts, travel and communication, homes, food and drink, clothing, celebrations, scientific advances, and other aspects of life in seventeenth-century Europe.

Discusses different ruling groups throughout the world including the shoguns of Japan, the absolute monarchies in France and England, the rise of the middle class and republicanism, and the settlement of the New World.

Describes how technological advances in China and the Arab world during the medieval period helped make up for the lack of scientific discovery that took place in Europe after the fall of the Roman Empire and explores how the Renaissance became a great period of European learning and discovery.

Explores how the development of new technologies in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, including theories about gravity and motion, the production of cheaper iron, and the invention of the steam engine, aided in the development of humankind.