... history of some monuments there like The Louvre and Arc de Triomphe (Triumphal Arch), the culture, and the languages spoken there. The Louvre is one of the most famous museums in the world. It was never intended to be a museum as it was originally built as a defense fortress by Philip Augustee, the king of France ... the Parisians from incoming attacks that were coming from other foreign countries. Then around 1360, Charles V reconstructed the museum into the royal palace of France. For around 2 centuries, the Louvre was home to French royalty, ambassadors and servants. Then around mid-15...

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... . The arch has seen some of Paris" proudest moments, and some of its more shameful and humiliating defeats, notably the German troops marching under it that had come to symbolize France's glory and prestige is still painful to the French. It was built to commemorate napoleon's victories. The Arch is the largest triumphal arch in the world, standing 163 feet high ... Egypt. During the French revolution (1789-1799), a guillotine stood in the place de la Concorde. The guillotine beheaded hundreds of people, including King Louis the 16th and Marie Antoinette. The history of the Champs Elysee...

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... Archery Archery Ancient History The discovery of the first stone arrowheads in Africa tends to indicate that the bow and arrow were invented there, maybe as early as 50,000 B.C. The use of a bow ... been found in a 13th century Turkish inscription that praises Sultan Mahmud Khan for his 1,215 consecutive arrow lengths. The British Legacy The bow and arrow played a significant part in English history especially the longbow and is celebrated in folklore tales such as Robin Hood. Many notable English victories are credited to the English archers and their longbows. Such was the case ... ...

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... of beautiful Paris, German tanks began to roll through her streets. The impenetrable Maginot Line had simply been bypassed thus leading to the fall of France. However, the French will would not be beaten so easily. A massive underground resistance was formed and put into action. Among the hundreds of ... Wilson once said, "Liberty has never come from the government. Liberty has always come from the subjects of it. The history of liberty is a history of resistance." Once the Germans entered France and began their move toward Paris, the French people began to evacuate the cities and move...

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... western world. Numerous factors contributed to the sequence of events that lead to this historic event. One of the most significant was the weather. During France's growing season (April to July) in 1788, a ridge of high pressure prevailed throughout the region. As determined by extensive records kept by the ... to five hundred villages are reduced to such great distress the inhabitants must unavoidably perish". The peasant folk, which comprised 90% of the population of France, were forever poor as a consequence of a feudal system that required a payment of excessive dues to the nobili...

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... to return home. James learns to appreciate being free and persuades Sally that they should stay and not return to slavery in America; slavery was illegal in France. Jefferson persuades them by promising freedom to James, Sally, and her future children. Sally never gets what is promised her and remains with Jefferson for ... democratic form of government. As ambassador at Versailles, Jefferson has full exposure to Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette. While Jefferson is sympathetic to the revolutionary forces in France, he becomes acquainted with the ruling aristocracy and he finds corruptions ...

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... Jules Cheret and Eugene Grasset, two graphic artists working in Paris, played an important role in this transition. In 1881 a new law in France was passed concerning the freedom of press, which lifted many censorship restriction, allowing posters to be hung anywhere with the exception of churches, poles ... . His willowy maidens, who wore long flowing robes, and static poses advertised chocolate, beer, and inks, and soon graced the streets of France. The Art Nouveau movement in England was primarily graphic design and illustration. Its sources included Gothic art and Victorian painting. T...

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... Jules Cheret and Eugene Grasset, two graphic artists working in Paris, played an important role in this transition. In 1881 a new law in France was passed concerning the freedom of press, which lifted many censorship restriction, allowing posters to be hung anywhere with the exception of churches, poles ... . His willowy maidens, who wore long flowing robes, and static poses advertised chocolate, beer, and inks, and soon graced the streets of France. The Art Nouveau movement in England was primarily graphic design and illustration. Its sources included Gothic art and Victorian painting. T...

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The women of Paris, France had traditionally been much involved in street politics, especially if the issue centered on their future well being. These active women in ... . In Counter Revolutionary Women, Olwen H. Hufton expresses her intention to show that women's responses to their various situations during the revolution "transformed and modified the entire history of the period 1789-1815." In order to demonstrate her point, Hufton evaluates the Paris "engendered crowd" and their interest in popular sovereignty, as well as the ... may be separately represented." Being a defender of all wo...

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... and finished in 1250. Throughout 1235 and 1250 a bunch of chapels were added to the nave and the apse around 1296. Notre Dame has a huge history. Crusader used to pray there before leaving on their holy wars. Polyphonic music also developed in this cathedral. Notre Dame was torn up during the French ... Revolution just like a lot of the other cathedrals in France. One of the controversies that Notre Dame had was that some of the citizens of Paris thought that some of the statues of saints that were ... until the birth of Jesus. The interior is huge. It can hold as many as 6,000 worshipe...

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... and finished in 1250. Throughout 1235 and 1250 a bunch of chapels were added to the nave and the apse around 1296. Notre Dame has a huge history. Crusader used to pray there before leaving on their holy wars. Polyphonic music also developed in this cathedral. Notre Dame was torn up during the French ... Revolution just like a lot of the other cathedrals in France. One of the controversies that Notre Dame had was that some of the citizens of Paris thought that some of the statues of saints that were ... until the birth of Jesus. The interior is huge. It can hold as many as 6,000 worshipe...

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The guillotine is one of European history's most bloody icons. Although designed with the best of intentions, this hugely recognizable machine soon became associated with events that have ... basic details. This essay explains, not just the events that brought the guillotine to prominence, but also the machine's place in a broader history of decapitation, which as far as France is concerned, finished only recently. Although older narratives may tell you that the guillotine was invented in the late 18th century, most recent accounts ... recognize that similar 'decapitation machines' have a lo...

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... because the editor of Rheinsone Zeitung. This was a newspaper. He wrote articles on economic questions, but then the Prussian Government forced the newspaper to close. Karl then moved to France. While in France he went to Paris and become a communist. He then wrote a series of writings called Economic and Philosophical Manuscripts in 1844. This remained unpublished until the 1930's. In the series ... and Engels were expelled from Paris and so they went to Brussels where they stayed for three years. While he was in Brussels Marx spent most of his time studying history. Then he came out w...

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... left on April 10 , 2001 and sally was sitting in row 15, seat B on American Airlines Flight 729 to Paris, France. She had been on the plane for nearly seven hours with her mom and dad and could not wait for the plane to land. The ride seemed endless to her. ... Tower. After spending several minutes admiring the twisting iron and steel structure, she bought tickets and took the elevator to the first floor where she watched a movie about the tower's history. Once the film was over, she climbed the 200 hundred spiraling, steep steps to the second level. As she ascended the metal steps, sh...

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... for a couple of years. Marx moved to Paris after he resigned from the position of editor for the Rheinische Zeitung. Marx's interest in communism began when he studied history, philosophy, and political science in Paris. Marx was visited by Friedrich Engels in 1844. They discovered that they shared the same views on revolutionary problems, and they became ... like. It said that over time, the working class would overthrow the upper class and create a class-less society. After this was published, there were revolutions in France and Germany. Marx was kicked out of Belgium, because the go...

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... the 1790's (Cycling). It had to be pushed and it could not be steered. They were bulky and awkward but assisted people in walking. In 1816 a major development in bicycling history was made by Karl Von Drais. He studied mathematics and mechanics at Heidelberg and was named the master of the forests of the grand Duke of Baden (Whitt 7). Von Drais ... experimenting with bicycles and came up with the idea of putting the crank on the front wheel. When they had successfully created the front driven velocipede they organized factories in France to produce their product. They refined the frame ...

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... soared over Ireland and into England at an altitude of approximately 1,500 feet heading for Paris. As the weather cleared, flying conditions became nearly perfect. He approached the coast of France when the night fell once again. Lindberg crossed the French border, followed the Seine River to Paris where he landed at Le Bourget Field the evening of May 21, 10 ... him through the surging crowed. From the balcony of the American Embassy the following morning, he delivered a humble speech to please the masses gathered outside. A day later, the President of France awarded him with the Legio...

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... "Chanel look" and who, more than any other fashion designer, defined the standards of modern dress for women. Chanel was born on Aug. 19, 1883, in Saumur, Maine-et-Loire, France. In 1914 she went to Paris and, with a sister, opened a small hat shop. In the 1920s "Coco" Chanel became recognized for a black wool jersey dress ("the little black dress"), made ... the age of 70, Chanel resumed her business, emphasizing the Chanel suit with its boxy jacket, rugged textures (often borrowed from men's tailoring), and color coordination. Though little praised in France, the Chanel suit became a ...

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Gustave Caillebotte Impressionism is a movement in painting that started in the nineteenth century in France. It focuses on sensuous colors, nature, and movement of light. The Impressionist movement's name came from Claude Monet's early work "Impression: Sunrise". The central early Impressionist group was made up ... Monet, Pierre-Auguste Renoir, and Edgar Degas. However, this is not about the Impressionist movement itself but about a man who worked hard for the cause and ensured its spot in history books. For many years he was considered a minor Impressionist by art historians and not impor...

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... the Arch is the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, and eternal flame remembering the deceased from the two world wars. Inside of the arch there is a small museum documenting its history and construction. There is a curved staircase inside of it to go to the top. There is a small price to pay if you are looking to venture up the stairs. From ... a lot of people choose to do this landmark because it isn't that old, and it's not very symbolic. It is very symbolic for the people of France though, because it acknowledges the powerful country France once was because of their 19th century small, but...

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... also influenced politics, religion, and the military. Napoleon was a great military leader and a great politician, as well as one of the greatest and most fascinating figures in European history. Napoleon's influence is especially evident in France. Even today his legacy can be seen around Paris, one of them being the Arc de Triomphe which he had built to commemorate his victories. In ... France's government, you can still see his influences because the country's basic law is still the Napoleonic Code, which was a list of simplified new laws. The administrative and judicial systems are ...

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... the men woukd wear these pokeadot suits all day. Men fashion first of all fashion in the 1940 had to do a lot with the war, On September 3, 1939, England and France declared war on Germany for invading Poland, and refusing to withdraw troops. On September 3, 1940, the United States transferred destroyers to Great Britain. The United States officially entered World War ... look, tired of uniforms. American designers left their mark on the world with sportswear. Europe now looked to the United States for trends in sportswear. For the first time in history, young people were setting fashio...

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... in visual art and literature that flourished in Europe between World War I and World War II. The movement represented a reaction against the "rationalism" that guided the European powers in past history. Surrealism was a means of reuniting conscious and unconscious realms of experience so completely that the world of dream and fantasy would be joined together. Salvador Dali was born in Figures ... name was Andre Brenton. They constantly bickered over the content of the paintings and each other's beliefs. During World War II, Salvador Dali was able to escape. He was in France and was abl...

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... Monet was born on November 14th, 1840. He lived with his mother, Louise Monet, his father, Adolphe Monet, his older brother and his aunt, Madame Lecadre. Monet was born in France, however, when he was 5 years old, his family moved to Le Havre. Monet was not the ideal student; he preferred drawing. At age 20, he enrolled in the military. He ... . It wasn't until Monet's death, when many appreciated his works. People opened up to new ideas and styles. Claude Monet has since become one of the best known artists in history. ...

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