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    【】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>

    thehistoricalstagebythebinedforcesofeuropeand

    arisouthegerny.theywere

    ofveryhulein.ihturyacertainfrederick

    ofhohenzollehaddealuckyrriageandhadbeen

    appointedkeeperoftheberg.hisdesdants

    hadusedeveryprovetheir

    poerseveralturiesofchfulgrabbing,they

    hadbeenappoihedignityofeleegivento

    thosesnprincesperors

    oftheoldgerneire.duringtherefortion,

    theyhadtakenthesideoftheprotestantsandtheearly

    sevehapohe

    nernprinces.

    durihirtyyearshprotestantsand

    shadplunderedbrandenburgandprussiahequal

    zeal.butunderfrederick,thegreatelector,the

    dageklyrepairedandbyaarefuluseof

    alltheenodintelleesoftheuntry,astate

    hereicallynoe.

    deprussia,astateinheindividualandhis

    ionshavebeeirelyabsorbedbythe

    isof