Transcript HISTORY OF FRANCE - My World

FRANCE
• FLAG OF FRANCE
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Motto: Liberté, Égalité,
Fraternité
“Liberty, Equality, Fraternity”
Anthem: “La Marseillaise”
Capital: Paris
NATIONAL EMBLEM
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HISTORY OF FRANCE
• The name “France” comes from
Latin Francia, which literally means
“land of the Franks” or “Frankland”.
• Another proposed etymology is that
in an ancient Germanic language,
Frank means free as opposed to
slave.
EIFFEL TOWER
Paris signature sight that attract more than
six million visitors a year.
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MONARCHY TO REPUBLIC
• Monarchy ruled france until the French revolution in 1789
• Napoleon Bonaparte seized control of the republic in
1799,making himself first consul and later emperor.
• He conquered most of continental Europe.
• Following napoleons final defeat in 1815 at the Battle of
waterloo,the French monarchy was re-established
• In 1830,a civil uprising established the constitutional July
monarchy,which lasted until 1848
• It has colonial possessions,in various forms,since the
beginning of the the 17th century until the 1960’s,which
came next to British empire.
HISTORY
• THE PERIOD 1879-1899 SAW POWER COME
INTO THE HANDS OF MODERATE
REPUBLICANS AND FORMER RADICALS.
• FRANCE WAS ALLIED WITH RUSSIA AND
SERBIA IN FIRST WORLD WAR IN 1914.
• FRANCE REQUIRED GERMANY TO PAY
HUGE AMOUNTS IN FOOD AND MONEY.
IN TURN,GERMANY GREW RESENTFUL
OF FRANCE AND ULTIMATELY THIS
LED TO WWII.
• ENTENTE POWER CONSISTED OF
FRANCE,ENGLAND AND RUSSIA.
HISTORY
• THE LONG TERM RESULTS WERE THAT FRANCE
LACKED SUFFICIENT MANPOWER TO ENGAGE IN A
FULL FRONTAL WAR WITH THE GERMANS WHEN
THEY INVADED IN WWII. THAT IS WHY THEY HAD
TO TURN TO A GUERILLA WARFARE MODEL IN
WWII
• IN WWII IN NOVEMBER 1942,GERMANY FINALLY
OCCUPIED FRANCE,WHICH WAS LIBERATED BY
ALLIED COUNTRIES IN 1944.
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•Arc de Triomphe photo
The monumental Arc de Triomphe is one of the main landmarks in Paris. Standing at 164ft (50m) at the
end of the Champs Elysées, it is the world's largest triumphal arch, commissioned by Napoleon
to commemorate his victories.
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GEOGRAPHY
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France possesses a wide variety of landscapes
Coastal plains in the north and west
Mountain ranges of the Alps in the south-east
At 4,807 metres (15,770 ft) above sea-level, the
highest point in Western Europe is Mont Blanc
• The lowest point in France (2 m / 6.5 ft below sea
level).Corsica lies off the Mediterranean coast.
GEOGRAPHY
• France total land area,with its overseas
departments and territories 6,74,843 sq.kms, that
is .45% of the total land area on earth.`
• It possesses the second-largest Exclusive
Economic Zone(EEZ) in the world, covering
11,035,000 square kilometres (4,260,000 sq mi),
approximately 8% of the total surface of all the
EEZs of the world, just behind the United States.
• The north and north west have a temperate
climate,while there is varied climate in the rest of
the france.