
This is part of a set of classroom materials for the Digital Collection Maps and the Beginnings of North America.

This is part of a set of classroom materials for the Digital Collection Maps and the Beginnings of North America.

What does the archive offer for the exploration of Shakespeare in the digital age?

How did the Ottoman, Habsburg, and Venetian empires interact with each other? How did their competition over southeastern Europe shape these borderlands and their inhabitants?

What can old maps teach us about world history? What sorts of evidence do they offer, and is displaying evidence the main purpose of these maps, or can they do other things?

How were spices used by medieval Europeans, and why were spices so valuable in medieval Europe?

What did the rise and expansion of the Ottoman Empire look like in the eyes of European observers? How did the Ottomans shape the political and religious history of early modern Europe?