1. Absolutism in France Balance-of-Power Diplomacy

2. Jacques-Bénigne Bossuet (1627-1704)
Thomas Hobbes ( )
(Anniina Jokinen’s Hobbes site); wikipedia
Jacques-Bénigne Bossuet ( )
Thomas Hobbes, Leviathan, title page (1651).

3.
Pierre Patel, A Bird's Eye View of the Palace and Gardens at Versailles, Musée du Château Versailles.

4. Versailles, the Queen's bedchamber.
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Note the hidden door in the wall just right of the cabinet in the corner.
Louis XIV ( ), ruled

5. Canal des Deux Mers
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Jean-Baptiste Colbert ( ). Portrait by Claude Lefèbvre (1632–1675), ca Palace of Versailles.

6. Dutch War (1672–1678)
War of the Spanish Succession (1701–1714)

8. The Partitions of Poland, 1772–95

9. Seven Years War (French and Indian War), 1754-1763
War of the Austrian Succession (King George's War, the War of Jenkins' Ear),
Seven Years War (French and Indian War),