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EASTERN EUROPE IN LATER MIDDLE AGES 559 to capture Rhodes from the Hospitalers, and also landed in southern Italy at Otranto. But then the death of Moham- med II caused their withdrawal and they attempted no further conquests in Europe during the rest of the century. EXERCISES AND READINGS Map Exercise. On outline maps of Europe and Asia indicate the boundaries of the states, the location of other places, and the trade routes which have been mentioned in the above chapter. Chronological Review. Arrange in chronological order the events for which specific dates are given in the above chapter. The Mongols in the Thirteenth Century. Beazley, Dawn of Modern Geography, vol. 11, pp. 325-30, William of Rubruk's account; pp. 281-86, 288-93, John de Piano Carpini's account. Western Embassies to the Mongol Court. Beazley, Dawn of Modern Geography, vol. 11, pp. 275-317, Carpini's ac- count; pp. 320-75, Rubruk's account; pp. 317-20, Mission of Andrew. Bohemia: Reigns of Ottocar II and Charles IV. Liitzow, Bohemia: An Historical Sketch (edition of 1909), pp. 44-49, 69-76. Leger, A History of Austria-Hungary (New York, 1889), pp. 103-11, 119-26, 161-64. The Byzantine Empire and the Ottoman Turks. Duruy, History of the Middle Ages, pp. 492-503. Lodge, The Close of the Middle Ages, chap, xxi, pp. 494-514. Tamerlane and his Court. Beazley, Dawn of Modern Geography, vol. in, pp. 342-54. Turkish Characteristics and Humor. Eliot, Turkey in Europe, pp. 87-97, 1 07-11.