... 55 million people. It lies near the western end of the great Eurasian landmass, largely between latitudes 42 degrees and 51 degrees north, and covers a total area of 210,026 square miles. Roughly hexagonal in outline, its continental territory is bordered on the northeast by Belgium and Luxembourg, on the east by Germany, Switzerland and Italy. From the south by the ... more than 36,000 communes, France's smallest administrative units. Paris was founded more than 2,000 years ago on an island in the Seine River. It covers an area of 41 square miles. For centuries is one of the most impor...

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... to those in power in order for change to occur. The Arab Spring was a revolutionary wave of demonstrations and protests, riots, and civil wars in the Arab world, specifically Tahrir Square, that began on the 18th of December 2010 and spread through surrounding countries. The revolution removed former President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali and replaced him with a temporary unity government ... ...

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... , is now owned by the French government. It holds over 380,000 objects and displays 35000 works of arts in eight departments that stretch over an area of 60,600 square meters. The museum's collection includes Egyptian antiques, ancient Greek and Roman sculptures, paintings and drawings from various artists and other artifacts from French nobles. The painting of Mona Lisa by ... ...

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... wanted to be able to claim land for themselves and they didn't want to loose land. The treaty that ended the war was the Treaty of Paris (1763). Millions of square miles changed hands from French to British. Britain took Florida from Spain and they have all land east of the Mississippi. Britain obtained Canada and all land east of the ... ...

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... he didn't have to have to go through with the military alliance. The deal more than doubled the size of the United States, which freed up more than 800,000 square miles of new land open to settlement....

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... seven years. Chirac was also reelected in 2002 to serve another seven year term. (U.S. Department of State) France is the largest western European country with an area of 551,670 square km. This makes France's population the second-largest in the European Union, behind Germany. On January 1, 2001, just over one out of every four people was under 20 and nearly ... ...

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... is located in Europe and is bordered by Belgium, Germany and France. On a map, it is located at 50 N latitude and 6 E longitude. Luxembourg is very small. It is only 998 square miles, which is roughly the size of Orange County, California. All the country is inhabited, with most people living in the southern part. The Flag The flag of Luxembourg was ... ...

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... the list of horrors. World War I had an even more devastating effect on France than on Great Britain. In the four years of fighting, the combatants had destroyed thousands of square miles of farmland and forests and reduced villages and cities to ruble. French casualties were enormous. Half of the males between the ages of eighteen and thirty-two were killed ... ...

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... be executed the next day. So in the early mourning of May the 30th 1431 Joan of Arc was burnt at the stake in early mourning, in the small town square at Roven. Town's people came to watch this so called witch burn for her treasons against England. But all were amazed at her strong ness and faith. AS the flames ... ...

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... illuminate the walls and floor of porphyry, granite and yellow marbles." (Matthews 2). The Pantheon has three rows of eight columns and a phenomenal dome that has five rows of twenty-eight square coffers of diminishing size, which radiate from the central unglazed oculus with a diameter of 8.7 meters (29 feet) at the top of the dome. Another magnificent piece of Roman architecture is ... ...

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... twisted and deformed by the slow, painful labors of the country- The harsh walking of the peasants better gives the reader an understanding of how the migration to the town square must have been. The bent and sweat covered bodies of the workers making their way to market to sell their life stock and other produce. Widening the view of imagery ... ...

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... 's extracted the dyes, mostly from plants, up to 12 colors, then dyed the thread, and only then started weaving these masterpieces. A skilled weaver took two months to complete just one square foot, working with English or Picardy wool, Italian silk, and silver and gold thread. The skills of a weaver were often passed from father to son. In 1660, the French had ... ...

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... were passed by through the generations. Back then no-one knew how to write out the music for the songs. Since no-one knew notation, neumes were created. They were square notes. They were only the general outline of the melody. Over time the neumes developed into notes on a four line staff. There were three types of music, Syllabic (one note ... ...

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... resumed masculine dress after returning to jail, she was condemned again, this time by a secular court. On May 30, 1431, Joan was burned at the stake In the Old Market Square at Rouen as a relapsed heretic. Triumph . Joan of Arc is a saint who has been extravagantly Romanticized, and mostly for the wrong reasons. Here was this very young girl, called out ... ...

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... nose and throat regions. 1805 Amphibious Vehicle Oliver Evans uses a steam powered engine and wooded wheels to construct a vehicle capable of functioning in water which he demonstrated in Philadelphia's Center Square. 1807 Steamboat Originally invented by Robert Fulton, the steamboat used a steam engine and paddle wheels. Although it was extremely slow, rarely breaking 5 mph, it was useful for trade in the ... ...

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France is the largest Western European country. Its area is about 213,000 square miles. France's population is about 58 million. There are 38 cities have over 100,000 people living in them, and 5 cities have over 300,000 people in them. The 5 largest ... ...

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... the Constitution to the breaking point, but he did so and approved the treaty. Congress did the same and approved the treaty with a 27 to 7 vote. This added 827,987 square miles of land to the U.S. and had cost four cents per acre. That same day the House of Representatives approved the borrowing of money from the English and Dutch. The ... ...

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... alone. Height of side posts was just over 14 feet and it took 2/100 of a second for ones head to be cut off. Power at impact was 888 pounds per square inch. One example of a famous death under the guillotine is King Louis XVI. After two years of detention Kind Louis XVI attempted to flee France, but was captured by revolutionaries ... ...

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