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Empress Anna Of Russia
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Catherine The Great Absolute Monarch
904 wordsCatherine the Great in my opinion was an absolute monarch. I will now give a quick overview and timeline of Catherine the Great to show some of her achievements. She was born in 1729 in what is now Stettin Poland into the family of Prince Christian August, Catherine was christened Sophia Augusta Frederica. At the age of 15 she was the bride of the heir to the throne, Peter Feodorovich. They married in 1745, and she was christened into the Orthodox Church as Ekaterina Alexeevna. highly intelligen...
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People Of France Freedom Of Religion
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Roman Empire Public Office
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Hearing Delicate Cases Claudius Relationship With The Senate Nero
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Catherine The Great Denis Diderot
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Universal Male Suffrage First Ten Years
3,511 wordsNapoleon III is one of the most influential people in French history. From his rise to power through the Presidency to his military defeat against Prussia, Napoleon III shaped and influenced the scope of France. During the early years of his reign his economic policies brought about prosperity and renewal for the country, while he hammered out a strong position in foreign affairs. The structural reforms of the country as a result of his economic policy proved to be long-standing, but cost his ap...
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Peter The Great Ivan The Terrible
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Catherine The Great Alexander Iii
3,380 wordsTHE RUSSIAN MONARCHY For each generation to react against the generation before it is a characteristic of many reigning dynasties; but particularly of the Russian Imperial House in the century following the death of Catherine the Great, when autocratic Tsars alternated with Tsars who were liberal as inevitably as Fredericks alternated with Christians on the Throne of Denmark. Catherines son, Paul I, who reigned from 1796 to 1801, was autocratic; and it can often be said to have reacted against h...
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5,535 wordsThe French Revolution French Revolution, cataclysmic political and social upheaval, extending from 1789 to 1799. The revolution resulted, among other things, in the overthrow of the Bourbonmonarchy in France and in the establishment of the First Republic. It was generated by avast complex of causes, the most important of which were the inability of the ruling classes of nobility, clergy, and bourgeoisie to come to grips with the problems of state, the indecisive nature of the monarch, impoverish...
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Tutankhamen Living Image History Has Passed Aten
2,093 wordsThe death of Pharaoh On a balmy November day in 1922 one of the greatest archeological finds ever would be made. It all started with the discovery of a single rough cut stone step, the first in a staircase that would lead to the most celebrated tomb of modern times. Howard Carters discovery of the tomb of Tutankhamen would capture popular attention like no other discover before or after it. With each item brought from the tomb the public wanted to know more and more about the boy-king of Egypt. ...
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Peter The Great Church And State
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1,477 wordsWhat were the Causes and consequences of the period of the terror in the French Revolution? The period of terror within the French Revolution was initiated by the resentment of a powerful bourgeoisie towards the ways of an unequal and discriminate social hierarchy. For too long, the majority of the French population was underfed, underpaid and overtaxed. This, in combination with a united drive to extinguish the outlandish privileges of a stubborn aristocracy, were the foundations of the French ...
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Gaius Julius Caesar East And West
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King Of England Back To England
2,626 wordsFor the English people, King Cnut's reign from 1017 to 1035 was much like the month of March, in like a lion and out like a lamb. 1 Crowned in the turmoil of war and conquest, Cnut quickly established an era of peace and prosperity. England became so secure that Cnut could frequently leave the country to settle affairs elsewhere in his empire. It was especially important to a people weary from thirty years of war that all of the fighting during his reign was on foreign soil. By the time of his d...
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Jesus Christ Roman Emperor
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Gaius Julius Caesar Tarquinius Superbus
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Christopher Marlowe Queen Elizabeth
1,553 wordsQueen Elizabeth I Many people were skeptical if Elizabeth I could overcome the problems that were inherent in becoming the new queen of England. However insurmountable the problems were, she was able to overcome them and establish a stable and secure government and was capable of achieving financial stability throughout the country. Queen Elizabeth was an extremely private person, keeping her own counsel and sharing secrets with no one- not even her closest, most trusted advisors. The reign of Q...
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People Of France Freedom Of Religion
1,981 wordsWas Napoleon Bonaparte The Saviour Or The Was Napoleon Bonaparte The Saviour Or The Destroyer Of The Ideals Of The French Revolution? With all the glory and the splendour that some countries may have experienced, never has history seen how only only one man, Napoleon, brought up his country, France, from its most tormented status, to the very pinnacle of its height in just a few years time. He was a military hero who won splendid land-based battles, which allowed him to dominate most of the Euro...
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