Compare And Contrast Spain And Russia Empires

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The Spain, France, and Russia empires are all absolute monarchs. They all are neighbors to each other but Russia is a little further away.They were same but different at the same time. Compare the Absolute Monarchy of Spain to the Absolute Monarchy of France and Russia.Philip II and Charles V were the rulers of Spain. They were next to france, they also colonies the coast of south america and mexico. Spain had many conflicts, they had 2 empires. Charles V gave up his title and gave Habsburg to his brother Ferdinand and gave Spain to the Netherlands. The ottoman wanted to gain control of the area. Over time the Catholic church strengthened. The economy was bad, oversea wars drained most of their wealth. The rulers of France were Henry

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