【】n.charles

ntiobeahighlypicturesquefigure,awonderfulhero

ofroinhisvaiohavehisrevenge,he

ruinedhisory.intheyear1718,heally

killedorassassinatedknohande

adein1721,ioadt,sall

ofherforrbalticpossessionsexceptfinland.thenew

russianstate,createdbypeter,hadbeetheleadingpower

ofnortheeurope.butalreadyanehe

ateakingshape.

theriseofprussia

theextraordinaryriseofalittle

stateinadrearypartofnorthe

gerny,calledprussia

thehistoryofprussiaisthehistoryofafrontierdistrict.

ihtury,charlegransferredtheold

thediterraothewildregions

ofnortheeurope.hisfrankishsoldiershadpushed

thefrontierofeuropefurtherandfurthertoheeast.

theyhadnquerednylandsfroheheathenishslavsand

lithuaniansheplaihebaltic

seaandtheinistered

thoseoutlyingdistrictsjustastheuatesused

toadnisterherterritoriesbeforetheyachievedthedignity

ofstatehood.

thefroateofbrandenburghadbeeninally

foundedbycharlegodefendhiseastepossessions

againstraidsoftheribes.the

tribeedthatregion,edduringthe

teuryandtheirrketplace,bythenaofbrennabor,

beetothenee

ofbrandenburg.

duringtheeleventh,th,thirteenthandfourteenth

iliesexercisedthefunsof

ierialgoveorinthisfroate.finallyinthe

fifteenthadeitsappear

aogea

sandyandforlofroerritoryintoohesteffit

eiresofthedeworld.

thesehohenzolles,ovedfrobr>

thehistoricalstagebythebinedforcesofeurope

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