Show HAD VARYING ENDS HOW GREAT NATIONS OF THE PAST HAVE DIED DI ED mighty ro rome me went down Figh fighting tins roland poland divided by its three pow 1 erful neighbors others passed without a struggle i most countries which have died have gone down fighting the roman empire r perished like that hat the empire of the west became sd so weak atI at last ast that it could make no stand agal against fist its enemies rome was as sacked bythe by the barbarians and eventually became not the capital of a vast empi rebut the city of the popes over which the pontiffs reigned as kings finally the ahe city was taken without a real fight by the soldiers of the king of italy the empire of the east had its capital at constantinople for centuries century es it was the greatest power in the world but it became honeycombed with vice and enervated with pride and luxury 1 amo also it grew old and weak then the turks made a spring sprilla er on constantinople and took it by storm the last of of the 1116 greek emy derors derors died sword in hand and his de ants are living in england today toda to da day i in very humble situations I 1 egypt once so powerful and famous under the pharaohs Phara was conquered by rome and was afterward swamped by t the he moslems the great moguls used to reign in J india in we the days of queen tlizabeth elizabeth the or emperor of delhi as ae was sometimes called was so pow V adful that he thought it a vast conces slon sion on his part to receive an em bassy from the maiden queen I 1 but as time went on the great ra r lah as s or tributary lif kings rebelled against the mog huls india was ivas rent sundee by the w wars drs between rival ra i i as lahs this gavel gave tha ahr euro europeans i leq p s at 5 hance kaw france at arst held the upper ha hand id ind nearly conquered the la land fid pu but then ihen england drove france back mhd r v leizea the ilie empire of the great abi huli 0 ox o herself the heir of the till enjoys a pension given by the at w british government i poland used to occupy a big place on if he map of europe at one time it was vas much larger and stronger nger than russia hussla but poland perished through her own faults and follies the mass of the common people were slaves in all but name I 1 hence ne ce the nobles and the people never stood together in times of danger or disaster f poland was a big country but it was divided against itself and russ russia a prussia and Au austria itria combined were C more po powerful they all three joined bands and each took a large share of poland in 1772 in 1793 the trio of robbers made a second swoop only the ghost of pol po L and was left another year saw the and of the tragedy the last remnants of df poland were swallowed up by russia prussia and austria the fatooh fate of the republic of venice Is one of the most dramatic a L in all his j i tory its doges boges ranked as the equals equal s of the proudest kings icings its alliance was coveted by the greatest p powers all real power rested in the hands bands of the dreaded council of ten taid and the secret secre t three tho the latter was a trio of living mysteries and were known by name to practically no conein one in venice so the government of venice was a terror to its own people and the outside side world then napoleon came upon the scene and the lion of st mark licked the dust i |