France is a unique country. With its romantic language‚ first of its kind art and architecture‚ and world known food‚ France is very far from an ordinary‚ run of the mill country. The French language is a member of the Romance group of the Italic subfamily of the Indo-European family of languages. It is know as the language of lovers. French is spoken as a first language by more than 70‚000‚000 people‚ mainly in France‚ then Belgium‚ Switzerland‚ in former French and Belgium colonies in Africa and
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France and 1871 • France declared war on Prussia on 10th of July in 1870 following “Ems Dispatch “after declaration of the status of the second French empire ➢ Otto von Bismarck manipulated the telegram by Wilhelm 1 that is sent to France and published to the public. ➢ In respect of France‚ the manipulated telegram sound as if the king mistreated them. ➢ 6 days later‚ France declared war of Prussia. • Then from August to September‚ French forces had lost continuously
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France is bored: July Revolution: The July revolution triggered disturbances throughout Europe. Nationalists and Liberals wanted a foreign policy that supported the people stuggling for freedom. Louis Philippe policies were seen as ¨ peace at any price¨. Belgium Independence: 1830 Revolt: France had economic‚ religious and cultural differences with Holland. Britain and France forced the Dutch king to give way and arranged the general European guarantee of Belgium neutrality
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Paris‚ France - Saif Charania Geological Location O Paris is the capital and most populated city of France. It is situated on the river Seine‚ in the north of the country‚ at the heart of the Île-deFrance region. O Population : 2‚230‚000 History O The history of Paris‚ France‚ spans over 2‚000 years‚ during which time the city grew from a small Gallic settlement to the capital and primate city of France. It further developed into a centre of art‚ medicine‚ science‚ fashion‚ tourism‚ high culture
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Wines of France French wine is produced in throughout France French wine is produced in throughout France‚ in quantities between 50 and 60 million hectolitres per year‚ or 7–8 billion bottles. France is the world’s largest wine producer. French wine traces its history to the 6th century BC‚ with many of France’s regions dating their wine-making history to Roman times. The wines produced range from expensive high-end wines sold internationally to more modest wines usually only seen within France. Two
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The Rivers of France The Rhône system The Rhône is the great river of the southeast. Rising in the Alps‚ it passes through Lake Geneva (French: Lac Léman) to enter France‚ which has 324 miles of its total length of 505 miles. At Lyon it receives its major tributary‚ the Saône. In eastern France the direction of the main rivers is predominantly north-south through the Alpine furrow. The regime of the Rhône is complex. Near Lyon the Rhône and its important Isère and Drôme tributaries‚ draining
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Introduction For assignment 2 I have chosen KLM. KLM is a Dutch airline with its headquarters in Amstelveen the Netherlands. I have chosen this company because I am very interested in aviation and when asked to choose a global Dutch company the first thing I thought about was KLM. In this assignment I will evaluate KLM’s operations on 2 different continents and compare these operations. To do so I will make use of different sources‚ and KLM’s partner airlines. The two different markets that will
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Unemployment in France ”I promise to reduce to 5% the unemployment in five years with an unemployment average reduced to 5 months because I am convinced the full job is applicable. English people did it” (Nicolas Sarkozy‚ 2007… Several months before the fall of Lehman Brothers) Unemployment rates France 04/2012: 10.2% European Union 07/2012: 11.1% UK 05/2012: 8.1% (5.4% in 2007) United States 10/2012: 7.8% (4.6% in 2007) Japan 02/2012: 4.5% (3.9% in 2007) Spain 08/2012: 25.1% (8.3% in 2007)
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Story 1 – Facebook buys Whatsapp Facebook has bought instant messaging service Whatsapp for £11bn‚ giving Facebook access to Whatsapp 450 million users. The deal was split into £2.4bn in cash‚ £7.2bn in Facebook shares and £1.8bn in restricted stock awards for the Whatsapp founders and employees. Facebook has also paid a break fee of £1.2bn (Rushton 2014). Facebook’s acquisition of Whatsapp can be described as a hostile takeover in effort for Facebook to monopolize on the Internet market
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The first part of European Feudalism showed up in France and Germany in the nineth and tenth centuries. This disrupted the great military force organized by the Normans. Elements of the Roman regime were transferred to European feudalism. Roman villas and their lands were granted to military leaders on a temporary basis as a reward for their loyalty to Rome and the emperor. It was also traditional for Romans to surround themselves with loyal soldiers who provided a substantial fighting force and
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