Differences Between Peter The Great And Louis Xiv

Peter the Great vs. Louis XIV
There has yet to be a king in history that is without fault, that has no failures. In the early 1600’s to the late 1600’s two kings arose, one from Russia and one from France. Peter the Great was from Russia, while Louis XIV was from France. While both of these rulers had obstacles, they both climbed over them and managed to get back on their feet and they made their rule historical. Both Peter the Great and Louis XIV had many goals that they wanted to achieve, they both had many accomplishments and they both had many failures. They both wanted to reform some of the policies that their country country had set forth and they both wanted to make their country great. They both had differences from each other too, …show more content…
Peter the Great accomplished many of the goals that he had set forth at the beginning of his rule. Peter the Great built great relationships with with many European and Western countries by visiting them and joining their daily lives in his hope to modernize Russia. Peter the Great also renovated his trade, since the Russians were learning to build better boats and the new capital was “basically” a port since it was located in the swampy marsh. This advancement also helped renovate the Russian culture. He also accomplished his goal of having a great naval fleet. Peter the Great achieved these things because he went to the western countries and studied and learned how they lived and how they built things such as ships he also studied their architecture. He brought all of these western ideas back to Russia with him so that he could begin modernizing Russia, which helps them grow as a higher power country. On the other hand Louis XIV became known as the longest monarchy rule, and he also allowed many new discoveries to happen under his rule. Louis was able to achieve these things because he did not do a ton of things to upset the subjects under his rule, he was able to achieve the new discoveries because he helped fund many of these “explorations and experiments”. Hardly ever do you see a monarch without failures, Peter the Great and Louis XIV both had failures. Louis XIV had …show more content…
Peter the Great had many accomplishments, but he also had a few failures. On the other hand Louis XIV had many accomplishments, but he also had many failures. Although they had failures they got back on their feet, and they went down in history as two very great rulers. Both Peter the Great and Louis XIV had great goals that they wanted to achieve, they achieved some of these goals but they did not achieve all of them. I believe that Peter the Great was the better ruler because he gave insight to Russia for a new beginning, where they would not be overmatched by their opponents, but they would be on an equal playing field. Louis XIV was still one of the best rulers, he went down in history to hold the record of the longest rule, I believe that he was a great king for his country, but I believe that Peter the Great was