"The Battle Of the Monarchs: Can Cathrine Really Be Worthy Of The Title Great?"
             Monarchy is rule by a king or queen. This one person can use it's overall power for good or evil. One very important monarch , probly the most powerful of all time, is Louis the XIV . Another very imporatnt monarch was Cathrine the great, who ruled during the mid-1700's. One could question if she was as succesful as , or even as known as louis the XIV. It is also a thought whether or not she is worthy enough to be compared to him. Both were very powerful , but who was the most powerful?
             Both Cathrine and Louis wanted to expand the borders of their countries and there reginof power. Cathrine wanted to expand the borders of Russia and succeded at it. When Turkey declared war on Russia , in hopes of gaining power, lost. In th Treaty of Kuchuk Kainarji of 1774 caused Russia to gain perminante access to the Black Sea. Thus , giving Cathrine the upper hand at the time. Louis wanted to expand France but other European rulers disagreed with him and ruled againsthim with other countries.Cathrine seemed very good at keeping and gaining control of land.
             Cathrine the Great was one of the few few female monarchs. She was very involved in Russia's intellectual life. She sponsered andedited the journal Vsyaka Vsykaya in 1769 and also very concerned with the danger that may come to it. cathrine was also very influenced by western European thinkers and that people were born equal for some time. Louis the XIV ruled for seventy-two years, which is the longest of that time. He began rule at age five but began his complete rule of the throne at twenty-three. He believed in a strong monarchy because he believed that there would be great disorder without it. Both ruled a very strong throne.
             Cathrine and Louis both had very similar views on how the lower classes should be treated. Cathrine at one point believed that all people were created equal but
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