Prussia's Frederick II the great like to call himself "the first servant of the state." ... She came to the throne after the made empress Elizabeth, who followed Peter the Great, who some historians call GREAT because the reformed the Russian government enough so that it could go on without him. ... The end of compulsory military service enabled Catherine II (1762-1796) to enact some of the most important reforms of her reign. ...

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This war basically turned out to be stalemate for both sides and then Philip the 2nd died and then Elizabeth the 1st died. ... The "trigger" which started the thirty years war was a Protestant revolt in Bohemia against the Catholic King, Ferdinand II. ...

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