How did it get this way? Just thinking over the long run, How did France end up so centralized?

为什么会这样,从长远来看,法国为何变得如此中央集权化

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But nonetheless, Peter the Great creates this huge empire that will have over the long run, an enormous influence in European affairs.

即使如此,彼得大帝还是一手创造了,这个庞大的帝国,长远来看将对欧洲事务产生极大影响

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Over the long run, Great Britain remains a constitutional monarchy even in the nineteenth century, when Victoria had great prestige, she did not have great power.

长久以来,英国保持着君主立宪制,即使到了十九世纪,当维多利亚女王获得无上荣耀的时候,她并没有获得太多权利

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