Russia’s rise as a nation is a story of influences from north, east, south, and west, and of powerful and ambitious rulers. describe the influence of two of the following on the development of the russian nation and culture.
• the byzantine empire
• the mongols
• ivan the great

france,russia and prussia had absolute monarchy and it meant:

when louis xiv inherited the throne, he was able to serve as his chief minister.louis xiv ruled as an absolute monarch.

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i believe it would influence their own way of understanding things. it shall be a foundation where they can draw or start an argument.   historians are also  scientists that  have their tools of analysis and expertise to unlock a variety of difficulties such as relationships of man, origin, politics, economy, and culture. based on facts and understanding on these areas, they may shade light to extract ideas and develop options to validate a hypothesis or debunk it.

the principle of popular sovereignty is most closely related to the concept of

democracy