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Map of the w:First French Empire and satellite states, with w:1811 borders. Created by User:OwenBlacker from Image:Europe blank map.png, therefore they are the source. Date: 3 May 2009, 00:13 (UTC) Source: Europe_map_Napoleon_1811.png; Author: Europe_map_Napoleon_1811.png: OwenBlacker; derivative work: Mnmazur (talk) Other versions: File:Europe ...
The First French Empire [4] [a] or French Empire (French: Empire français; Latin: Imperium Francicum) and also known as Napoleonic France, was the empire ruled by Napoleon Bonaparte, who established French hegemony over much of continental Europe at the beginning of the 19th century.
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Empire size in this list is defined as the dry land area it controlled at the time, which may differ considerably from the area it claimed. For example: in the year 1800, European powers collectively claimed approximately 20% of the Earth's land surface that they did not effectively control. [ 8 ]
An elaborate map of the British Empire in 1886, marked in pink, the traditional colour for imperial British dominions on maps. Pax Britannica (Latin for ' British Peace ', modelled after Pax Romana) refers to the relative peace between the great powers in the time period roughly bounded by the Napoleonic Wars and World War I.
The Empire represented a period of calm after the turmoil of the Revolution, despite conscription, which remained unpopular. With the repurchase of national property, the urban bourgeoisie continued the rise it had begun in the eighteenth century. The fall of the Napoleonic Empire marked Savoy's return to the monarchical fold of the House of Savoy.
The naval campaigns, operations and battles of the Napoleonic Wars were events during the period of World-wide warfare between 1802 and 1814 that were undertaken by European powers in support of their land-based strategies.
Sumer (together with Ancient Egypt and the Indus Valley civilization) is considered the first settled society in the world to have manifested all the features needed to qualify fully as a "civilization", eventually expanding into the first empire in history, the Akkadian Empire.