Search results for "Département in France" - New World Encyclopedia
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- first woman member of the circle of painters in Paris who became known as the ... Morisot received training in painting from a young age and she enjoyed ...10 KB (1,531 words) - 17:21, 29 September 2023
- of Andorra, is one of the smallest states in Europe. At 180 square miles ... Andorra was created by Charlemagne to serve as a buffer state in order ...26 KB (3,798 words) - 20:00, 26 July 2023
- As technology enabled humans to settle in larger numbers, however, more ... The development of microlith tools began in response to these changes. They ...14 KB (2,116 words) - 06:20, 18 November 2022
- Paris is the capital city of France, situated on the River Seine, in northern ... crossroads between land and river trade routes in lands of abundant agriculture ...70 KB (10,606 words) - 13:20, 11 March 2023
- 1916 – January 8, 1996) was President of France from 1981 to 1995, and was ... the best strategy to avoid this was for France and Germany to devolve functions ...37 KB (5,492 words) - 09:38, 11 April 2024
- Réunion is an island, located in the Indian Ocean east of Madagascar ... It is part of the Mascarene Islands, which are volcanic in origin; Mauritius ...22 KB (3,300 words) - 00:08, 22 August 2022
- symbol for humanity's search for meaning in the modern world. for nature, Merton recognized commonalities in the contemplative traditions ...21 KB (3,278 words) - 21:22, 30 April 2023
- These songs originated in the (largely pagan) oral tradition that preceded ... Composed in Old French, apparently intended for oral performance by jongleurs ...21 KB (3,315 words) - 01:43, 4 December 2023
- In general discussion, a nation-state is variously called a "country ... by the throwing off of kings (for example, in the Netherlands and the United ...38 KB (5,803 words) - 04:09, 11 March 2023
- titular president and the last monarch of France. He was the nephew of Napoleon ... leaders and the people of Post-revolutionary France lacked a shared vision of how ...48 KB (7,305 words) - 01:24, 11 November 2022
- most common type of educational institutions in many nations. Public schools ... While public schools are to be found in virtually every country, there ...32 KB (4,665 words) - 18:08, 14 April 2023
- ) is the second-most populous city in Switzerland (after Zürich) and ... Geneva was a center of the Reformation in the sixteenth century, and was ...24 KB (3,552 words) - 06:46, 18 April 2024
- of ideological, political and social upheaval in the political history of France ... and wealth of the elite, and was perpetrated in the name of liberty, equality ...68 KB (10,394 words) - 10:55, 11 April 2024
- capital.) It is also the most populated city in French-speaking Western Africa ... him the name of the nearest village. Fleeing in terror, the old man shouted: ...16 KB (2,261 words) - 04:48, 14 June 2023
- 26, 2019) served as the President of France from May 17, 1995 until May ... responsible economic policies, and was elected in 1995, after campaigning on a ...53 KB (7,676 words) - 16:40, 16 August 2023
- "collective suicide" by the lawyers in the Assembly. ... In criminal cases, the expansion of the right ... gave priority to the ...30 KB (4,279 words) - 19:45, 31 August 2023
- French Revolution, when armed revolutionaries in Paris, increasingly in conflict ... Conflict between King Louis XVI of France and the country's new revolutionary ...38 KB (5,991 words) - 14:42, 31 August 2022
- Cologne (Köln in German) is Germany's fourth-largest city after ... Cologne became a member of the trading guild alliance Hanseatic League ...26 KB (3,818 words) - 22:35, 7 January 2024
- a controversial religious sect that flourished in the Languedoc region of France ... in their theology, espousing a stark distinction between the physical ...32 KB (4,952 words) - 00:09, 1 December 2023
- ), the largest city in Belgium, is also that nation's capital city ... The city’s colorful past is on display in the architectural gems of the ...30 KB (4,219 words) - 04:45, 22 November 2023
