The anterior cerebral artery extends upward and forward from the internal carotid artery. It supplies the frontal lobes, the parts of the brain that control logical thought, personality, and voluntary movement, especially of the legs. Stroke in the anterior cerebral artery results in opposite leg weakness.
Maria Theresa ruled for forty years the wide empire of Austria. Maria Theresa's first challenge was Prussia. They tried to occupy Silesia after the death of her father.
Catherine the Great (1729 â 1796) Catherine the Great Â© Catherine II was Empress of Russia for more than 30 years and one of the countryâs most influential rulers. Sophie Friederike Auguste von Anhalt-Zerbst was born on 2 May 1729 in Stettin, then part of Prussia (now Szczecin in Poland), the daughter of a minor German prince.