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  2. History of France - Wikipedia

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    France was a very decentralised state during the Middle Ages. The authority of the king was more religious than administrative. The authority of the king was more religious than administrative. The 11th century in France marked the apogee of princely power at the expense of the king when states like Normandy , Flanders or Languedoc enjoyed a ...

  3. Territorial evolution of France - Wikipedia

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    Partition of the Frankish Empire after the Treaty of Verdun 843. West Francia Middle Francia East Francia The division of the Carolingian Empire into West, Middle and East Francia at the Treaty of Verdun in 843 - with three grandsons of the emperor Charlemagne installed as their kings - was regarded at the time as a temporary arrangement, yet it heralded the birth of what would later become ...

  4. History of France (1900–present) - Wikipedia

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    In 1914, the territory of France was different from today's France in two important ways: most of Alsace and the northeastern part of Lorraine had been annexed by Germany in 1870 (following the Franco-Prussian War of 1870–1871), and the North African country of Algeria had been established as an integral part of France in 1848.

  5. French colonial empire - Wikipedia

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    Of the total population, 16.1 million lived in North Africa, 25.5 million in sub-Saharan Africa, 3.2 million in the Middle East, 0.3 million in the Indian subcontinent, 23.2 million in East and South-East Asia, 0.15 million in the South Pacific, and 0.6 million in the Caribbean. [131]

  6. List of French possessions and colonies - Wikipedia

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    Taking up of the Louisiana by La Salle in the name of the Kingdom of France New France at its greatest extent in 1710. Present-day Canada. New France (1534–1763) Present-day United States. The Fort Saint Louis (1685–1689) Saint Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands (1650–1733) Fort Caroline in French Florida (occupation by Huguenots) (1562–1565)

  7. Asia–France relations - Wikipedia

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    Suleiman the Magnificent – Sultan of the East READ BOOKS, 2008 ISBN 1-4437-3144-7; Lee, Robert. France and the exploitation of China, 1885–1901: A study in economic imperialism (Hong Kong: Oxford University Press, 1989). McAbe, Ina Baghdiantz 2008 Orientalism in early Modern France Berg ISBN 978-1-84520-374-0; O'Callaghan, Joseph F.

  8. History of Normandy - Wikipedia

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    Today, nordmann (pron. Norman) in the Norwegian language denotes a Norwegian person. [citation needed] The first Viking raids began between 790 and 800 on the coasts of western France [citation needed]. Several coastal areas were lost during the reign of Louis the Pious (814–840). The incursions in 841 caused severe damage to Rouen and Jumièges.

  9. History of Europe - Wikipedia

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    Europe in the Early Middle Ages. In the East and Southeast of Europe new dominant states formed: the Avar Khaganate (567–after 822), Old Great Bulgaria (632–668), the Khazar Khaganate (c. 650–969) and Danube Bulgaria (founded by Asparuh in 680) were constantly rivaling the hegemony of the Byzantine Empire.