fuands.cc 
is
suetinthelastchapter,
hadakefrancetherulerof
europe
thegreathespanishsuccession,beguninthe
year1701,iediatelyafterthedeathofcharlesii,thelastofthespanishhabsburgs,andendedin1713bythepeaceofutrecht,reinedequallyundecided,butithadruinedthetreasuryoflouisonlandthefrenchkinghadbeenvictorious,butthenaviesofenglandandhollandhadspoiledallhopeforanultitefrenchvictory;besidesthelongstrugglehadgivenbirthtoaneentalprincipleofinteationalpolitics,adeitiossibleforone
singlenationtorulethehehe
e
thathesocalled``balanceofpoa
tenlaforthreecenturiesithasbeenobeyedascloselyasarethelaurethepeopleedtheidea
intainedthateurope,initsnationalistient,uldonlysurvivehereshouldbeanabsolutebalanceofthenynflictinginterestsoftheentirentinentnosinglepousteverbealloo
donatetheothersduringthethirtyyearshe
habsburgshadbeenthevictioftheapplicationofthislawthey,hostheissuesduring
thatstrugglerife
thataintendencies
ofthatgreatnflieon,osee
hoisiderationsandcalculationsprevailin
allttersofinteationaliortancehe
developntofanean,thestatesnhthe
personalfeelingsoftheslideruleandthecashregisterjandethefirstsuccessfulexponentofthisnehoolofpoliticsiiihefirstgreatpupilandlouis
xiveandglory,
therehavebeennyotherssince
theriseofrussia
thestoryofthesterioussvite
eireupon
thegrandpoliticalstageofeurope
intheyear1492,asyouknobusdisveredarica
earlyintheyear,atyrolesebythenaofschnups,travellingastheheadofascientificexpeditionforthearchbishopoftyrol,andprovidedhthebestlettersofintroduythical
toossucceedhe
frontiersofthisvastsvitestatehwasvaguelysupposedtoexistintheextreeastepartofeurope,hewasfirytuedbacknoforeignersedand
schnupstovisittheheathenturkinnstantinople,inorderthatheghthavesothingtoreporttohisclericalsterebackfroisexplorations
sixtyoneyearslater,richardchancellor,tryingtodisverthenortheastepassagetotheindies,andblownbyanillouthofthedwina
andfoundthesvitevillageofkholgory,afewhoursfrohespothetohangelwasfounded
thistitheforeignvisitorse
tosselvestothegranddukethey
rcialtreaty
evecludedbetheeher
nationssoonfolloethingbecaknohis
steriousland
geographically,russiaisavastplaintheuraluntainsarelonobarrieragainstinvadersthe
riversarebroadbutoftenshalloerritoryfornods
aneireerand
disappearedagain,slavictribes,their
hosincentralasia,lesslythroughtheforestsandplainsoftheregionbethedniesteranddnieperriversthegreekshadsotisttheseslavsandafewtravellersofthethirdandfourth
otherheytleknohenevadaindians
intheyear1800
unfortunatelyforthepeaitivepeoples,a
verynvenienttraderouteranthroughtheiruntrythisainroadfroortheeuropetonstantinople
itfolloheastofthebalticuntilthenevahed
thenitcrossedlakeladogaandsouthhe
volkhovriverthenthroughlakeilnanduptheslllovatriverthenthereportageuntilthednieperhednieperintotheblacksea
thenorsenknehisroadataveryearlydatein
theninthcenturytheybegantosettleinnortherussia,justasotheorsenhefoundationforindependent
statesingeyandfrancebutintheyear862,threenorsen,brothers,all
dynastiesofthethreebrothers,onlyone,rurik,livedforanuerofyearshetookpossessionoftheterritoryofhisbrothers,andtyyearsafterthearrivalofthisfirstnorsen,aslavicstatehadbeenestablishedhkievasitscapital
froievtotheblackseaisashortdistancesoontheexisteneknownin
nstantinoplethisantanehezealous
ssionariesofthechristianfaithbyzantinenksfollohednieperontheirhheheartof
russiatheyfoundthepeoplerangegods
ountain
cavestheytaughtthehestoryofjesustherewasnopetitionfrohesideofronssionariesthesegoodnoobusyeducatingtheheathenteutonstobotheraboutthedistantslavshencerussiareceiveditsreligionanditsalphabetanditsfirstideasofartandarchitecturefrohebyzantinenksandasthebyzantineeireareliftheeasteroneirehadbeeveryoriental
andhadlostnyofitseuropeantraits,therussianssufferedinnsequence
politicallyspeakingtheseneatesofthegreatrussianplainsdidnotfarehenorsehabittodivide
everyinheritanceequallyangallthesonsnosoonerhadasllstatebeenfoundedbutitongeight
oineheirsulefttheirterritorytoaneverincreasingnuerofdescendantsitall
petingstatesshouldquarrelangtheelvesanarchyheorderofthedayandheredgloheeaste
horizontoldthepeopleofthethreatenedinvasionofasavageasiatictribe,thelittlestatesoooodivide
