The absolutism of Louis xiv of France and Philip 2 were similar in that the rulers had unlimited power and everyone was a subject of the ruler and owed loyalty and obedience to the ruler. Power was centralized in the monarch. The r<span>ulers also dominated cultural life.</span>
Battle of Vicksburg.
Major Gen. Ulysses Grant was able defeat Pemberton leader of the confederate defenders in a long and violent battle in Vicksburg . Vicksburg is an important town lying near the Mississippi river. Union through Grant led Tennesse Army gain the control over the Mississippi river.
The Encounter occurred as a result of European <span>explorers crossing the Atlantic Ocean, which famously introduced Europeans to the New World in the west. </span>
Justinians attempts to reconquer western territory left the east open to attacks by Persians and Slavs.
Justinian had come to the throne in 527. War with the Persians began in 540 and continued until a 50-year peace agreement was signed in 561.
The Sclaveni (as the Slavs then were known) gave Justinian problems in the Balkan region.
