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  2. History of France - Wikipedia

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    The first written records for the history of France appeared in the Iron Age. What is now France made up the bulk of the region known to the Romans as Gaul . Greek writers noted the presence of three main ethno-linguistic groups in the area: the Gauls , Aquitani and Belgae .

  3. Timeline of French history - Wikipedia

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    This is a timeline of French history, comprising important legal changes and political events in France and its predecessor states. To read about the background to these events, see History of France. See also the list of Frankish kings, French monarchs, and presidents of France.

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

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    The Third Republic from its Origins to the Great War, 1871-1914 (The Cambridge History of Modern France) (1988) excerpt and text search; Price, Roger. A Social History of Nineteenth-Century France (1987) 403pp. 403 pgs. [ISBN missing] Robb, Graham. The Discovery of France: A Historical Geography, from the Revolution to the First World War (2007)

  5. History of the Palace of Versailles - Wikipedia

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    The palace was the site of seminal events in French and European history during the Franco-Prussian War (1870-1871) and the subsequent birth of the French Third Republic. During the Franco-Prussian War, the town of Versailles was occupied by invading German troops and became the headquarters of the German General Staff . [ 71 ]

  6. France in the Middle Ages - Wikipedia

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    The Kingdom of France in the Middle Ages (roughly, from the 10th century to the middle of the 15th century) was marked by the fragmentation of the Carolingian Empire and West Francia (843–987); the expansion of royal control by the House of Capet (987–1328), including their struggles with the virtually independent principalities (duchies and counties, such as the Norman and Angevin regions ...

  7. First French Empire - Wikipedia

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    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.

  8. History of Paris - Wikipedia

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    The first botanical garden in France, the Jardin du Roy, (renamed Jardin des plantes in 1793 after the monarchy was abolished during the French Revolution), was founded in 1633, both as a conservatory of medicinal plants and for botanical research. It was the first public garden in Paris.

  9. France - Wikipedia

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    France, [X] officially the French Republic, [XI] is a country located primarily in Western Europe. Its overseas regions and territories include French Guiana in South America, Saint Pierre and Miquelon in the North Atlantic, the French West Indies, and many islands in Oceania and the Indian Ocean, giving it one of the largest discontiguous exclusive economic zones in the world.