Because countries realized if they were economically tied to other countries if a war broke out their economy would be ruined.
Enlightened despots held that royal power emanated not from divine right but from social contract whereby a despot was entrusted with the power to govern in lieu of any other governments.
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The leading families saw their future in cooperation with the central government and worked to establish absolutist power. The most
To inform just like the title informs you
Blue dots mean roman empire
And red dots means byzantine empire
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