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THE MODERN STATE - Coggle Diagram

- - - - powerful armies of mercenaries
      - they used to subdue the nobles who confronted them
      - created a diplomatic body to establish alliances with other states
      - They strenghthened bureaucracy
      - composed of officials directly under their control
      - monarchs were able to maintain effective control
      - They centralised power by creating new institutions to serve them
      - Centralised institutions gradually
        
        of the feudal
        
        lords
        
        special legislations
      - introduced in the Middle Ages
      - monarchs established a court
      - to function well
- - - - and Ivan IV
      - expanded its territories with the conquests of Ivan III
      - adopted the title of tsar or emperor
    - - covered extensive territories
        
        after its unification with Lithuania
      - t was a weak, not very centralised, kingdom
    - - expanded during the 15th century
      - conquered
        
        Syria
        
        Egypt
        
        part of Arabia
      - stopped in Austria by the German Emperor