How did absolutist forms of government in austria, prussia, france, and russia enable those countries to emerge as great powers in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries? would those rulers have been able to build their empires if their power to govern had been restricted? cite specific accomplishments of the rulers of each country to support your ideas. use as your thesis the chapter’s enduring understanding statement: the struggle for power during times of conflict, and the resulting search for stability, can lead to the absolute power of a single ruler.