The geographical
position of France has become a meeting place for vulnerable members marauding
tribes of the north and east and west of the invaders from the sea.
A melting pot of
people
Gauls, who came from a Celtic people in Western Europe are direct ancestors of the French people and the Britons cauldron, Aquitaine, Iberians and Greeks from southern France. Later came the north of Germany composed of Franks, Belgae, Visigoths, Suevi, Marcomanni, the Vandals, Saxons, and Alemanni Burgandians, above all the Vikings who invaded and settled in the country 9th century.
Ancient history
The
Gallo-Roman cultureGauls, who came from a Celtic people in Western Europe are direct ancestors of the French people and the Britons cauldron, Aquitaine, Iberians and Greeks from southern France. Later came the north of Germany composed of Franks, Belgae, Visigoths, Suevi, Marcomanni, the Vandals, Saxons, and Alemanni Burgandians, above all the Vikings who invaded and settled in the country 9th century.
Ancient history
All Gaul finally fell to the Romans in 51 BC under the direction of Julius Caesar and forging a continuous territory with the southeastern part, he won a century before and dotted with Roman colonies. The two sides co-exist in what became known as the Gallo-Roman culture Gaul who saw the Gallic language slowly overtaken by the vulgar Latin, to split later developed and refined in what is now the French language.
The Norman
invasions
Another great wave of invaders in France was conducted by Viking invaders who traveled from Denmark and Norway to the north. These are the Scandinavian and Nordic countries feared later be known as the Normans.
Another great wave of invaders in France was conducted by Viking invaders who traveled from Denmark and Norway to the north. These are the Scandinavian and Nordic countries feared later be known as the Normans.
The kingdom of France
About 900 years after the Norman invasions, the population of France has reached a stable level and extended their influence in the New World, the acquisition of goods in Canada and Louisiana, with its colonies in the Caribbean, the Mascarene Islands and Africa. Except for the emigration of the Huguenots and Roman Catholic population in these newly found property, most French were happy and remained alive during the reign of "Sun King" Louis XIV of France home.
French modern history
Four very profound events took place in France, which forever shape your destiny social, economic and political. These include the establishment of the French Republic, the Franco-Prussian War, Adolphe Cremieux decrees and the industrial revolution.
Events
The nation-state of France was created in the wake of the French Revolution and the Napoleonic Empire. Forged French society into a single entity, despite the diversity of races, the creation of a French citizen with rights and speak their language into a coherent whole, the eradication of regional languages.
The re-ignite conflict said the French respect for the region of Alsace-Lorraine, which set France as a nation and the French people.
The decrees of Adolphe Cremieux transformed France into a tolerant country with other nationalities, especially Jews, who faced persecution from all sides. Consequently French culture was enriched.
The industrial revolution has proved to be the catalyst for the transformation of society and of French culture in the 20th century industrial growth has fueled jobs and attracted a large number of immigrants from Poland, Italy Belgium, Portugal and Spain, in collaboration with Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Russia, Scandinavia, Yugoslavia, Germany and Britain. They brought with them their own cultures that are sure to enrich French culture making it a melting pot of cultures similar to the diversity of people within its borders.
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