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• Asia - History.

  Borneo, the world’s third largest island after Greenland and New Guinea. To the southeast is the Timor Sea separating the Asian island of Timor from the Australiancontinent. The Indian subcontinent is flanked by the Bay of Bengal on the east and the Arabian Sea on the west. The island of Sri Lanka and the much smaller Maldives andNicobar Islands trail away to the south. The Arabian Sea’s Gulf of Aden, the Red Sea, the Mediterranean Sea, and the Black Sea form an arc along the western rim of Asia...

• Italy - country.

  C Natural Resources Italy is poor in natural resources. Much of the land is unsuitable for agriculture because of mountainous terrain or unfavorable climate. Italy, moreover, lacks substantialdeposits of basic natural resources such as coal, iron, and petroleum. Natural gas is the country’s most important mineral resource. Other deposits include feldspar andpumice. Many of Italy’s mineral deposits on the islands of Sicily and Sardinia had been heavily depleted by the early 1990s. Italy is rich...

• Henry VIII I INTRODUCTION Henry VIII (1491-1547), king of England (1509-1547), the image of the Renaissance king as immortalized by German artist Hans Holbein, who painted him hands on hips, legs astride, exuding confidence and power.

  that was completed by 1540. The crown then took possession of all their property, paying small pensions to the approximately 10,000 monks and nuns who weredeprived of their homes. In a reversal of roles, many towns were forced to assist the same people who had once provided charity to the less fortunate. To pay for hiscontinued wars, Henry sold the former monastic lands to nobles and gentry, who thereby gained an interest in the success of Henry’s reformation and becamedependent upon the king. T...

• Henry VIII.

  that was completed by 1540. The crown then took possession of all their property, paying small pensions to the approximately 10,000 monks and nuns who weredeprived of their homes. In a reversal of roles, many towns were forced to assist the same people who had once provided charity to the less fortunate. To pay for hiscontinued wars, Henry sold the former monastic lands to nobles and gentry, who thereby gained an interest in the success of Henry’s reformation and becamedependent upon the king. T...

• Henry VIII .

  that was completed by 1540. The crown then took possession of all their property, paying small pensions to the approximately 10,000 monks and nuns who weredeprived of their homes. In a reversal of roles, many towns were forced to assist the same people who had once provided charity to the less fortunate. To pay for hiscontinued wars, Henry sold the former monastic lands to nobles and gentry, who thereby gained an interest in the success of Henry’s reformation and becamedependent upon the king. T...

• HUGO Victor Marie : sa vie et son oeuvre

  bles, naïves et tragiques Lettres à la fiancée. En 1820, Mme Hugo meurt de tuberculose, et Victor, qui souffre de ce deuil, s'empresse pourtant de renouer avec sa fian­ cée, qu'il épouse en 1822. Le jour du mariage, Eugène a une crise terrible : il faut le soigner, puis l'interner. Perte très douloureuse que celle du « doux et blond compagnon de toute ma jeunesse>>. Puis, c'est la mort du premier enfant. La vie de ce garçon de vingt ans est semée de...

• Charles Quint

• LA PHILOSOPHIE DES MATHEMATIQUES

  grandeurs finies considérées comme rapport de deux quantités infinitésimales (calcul des dérivées); détermination des gran­ deurs finies considérées comme somme d'un nombre infini­ ment grand de quantités infiniment petites (calcul intégral) 1 ». La mécanique, ou science du mouvement, est d'autre part tra­ ditionnellement comprise dans le corps des sciences mathéma­ tiques. Enfin des disciplines mathématiques nouvelles sont apparues au XIXe siècle : la théo...

• Egypt - country.

  Egypt has a wide variety of mineral deposits, some of which, such as gold and red granite, have been exploited since ancient times. The chief mineral resource ofcontemporary value is petroleum, found mainly in the Red Sea coastal region, at Al ‘Alamayn (El ‘Alamein) on the Mediterranean, and on the Sinai Peninsula. Otherminerals include phosphates, manganese, iron ore, and uranium. Natural gas is also extracted. D Plants and Animals The vegetation of Egypt is confined largely to the Nile Delta,...

• Questions pour comprendre le XXe siècle

• Aegean Civilization .

  warlike. The styles are also more formal and geometric than those of earlier examples, anticipating the art of classical Greece. A typical Mycenaean city had, at its center, the fortress palace of the king. The cities were fortified with massive structures of unevenly cut stones, known as Cyclopeanwalls. The Linear B tablets from this time include names of Greek gods, such as Zeus, and contain detailed records of royal possessions. The gold masks, weapons, andjewelry found by Schliemann at the r...

• Aegean Civilization - USA History.

  warlike. The styles are also more formal and geometric than those of earlier examples, anticipating the art of classical Greece. A typical Mycenaean city had, at its center, the fortress palace of the king. The cities were fortified with massive structures of unevenly cut stones, known as Cyclopeanwalls. The Linear B tablets from this time include names of Greek gods, such as Zeus, and contain detailed records of royal possessions. The gold masks, weapons, andjewelry found by Schliemann at the r...

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• Wilfrid Laurier.

  The Manitoba schools were the main issue in the 1896 election. Although the Catholic clergy campaigned against him, Laurier argued in Québec that he would obtainbetter terms for the Catholics by negotiating directly with the provincial government of Manitoba. “Hands off Manitoba” was an effective slogan in the other provinces aswell. A second issue was corruption in the Conservative Party, as a series of scandals had rocked the Bowell administration. Israel Tarte, a former Québec conservativewho...

• Wilfrid Laurier - Canadian History.

  The Manitoba schools were the main issue in the 1896 election. Although the Catholic clergy campaigned against him, Laurier argued in Québec that he would obtainbetter terms for the Catholics by negotiating directly with the provincial government of Manitoba. “Hands off Manitoba” was an effective slogan in the other provinces aswell. A second issue was corruption in the Conservative Party, as a series of scandals had rocked the Bowell administration. Israel Tarte, a former Québec conservativewho...

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• United Kingdom - country.

  B Natural Regions and Topography The island of Great Britain can be divided into two major natural regions—the highland zone and the lowland zone. The highland zone is an area of high hills andmountains in the north and west. The lowland zone in the south and east consists mostly of rolling plains. The zones are divided by an imaginary line running throughEngland from the River Exe on the southwest coast to the mouth of the River Tees on the northeast coast. The lowland zone has a milder climat...

• Slavery in Africa.

  The spread of Islam from Arabia into Africa after the religion’s founding in the 7th century AD affected the practice of slavery and slave trading in West, Central, and East Africa. Arabs had practiced slave raiding and trading in Arabia for centuries prior to the founding of Islam, and slavery became a component of Islamic traditions.Both the Qur'an (Koran) (the sacred scripture of Islam) and Islamic religious law served to codify and justify the existence of slavery. As Muslim Arabs conquered...

• Vereinigtes Königreich Großbritannien und Nordirland - geographie.

  Wild lebende Großsäugetiere sind Rothirsche und Rehe sowie die eingebürgerten Damhirsche, Sikahirsche, Wasserrehe und Muntjaks (die beiden letzteren in Südengland).Die früher heimischen Wölfe und Wildschweine wurden ausgerottet. In Exmoor, auf den Shetland-Inseln und im New Forest gibt es halbwilde Ponys. Insgesamt entsprichtdie Säugetierfauna Großbritanniens weitgehend derjenigen Mitteleuropas. Das Eichhörnchen wird durch das ausgesetzte nordamerikanische Grauhörnchen verdrängt. InSüdengland le...

• Kolonialismus - Geschichte.

  2.5 Kooperation und Widerstand Trotz zahlreicher Zeugnisse für zumindest zeitweise erfolgreichen Widerstand gegen die Okkupatoren konnten die militärisch unterlegenen einheimischen Bevölkerungen derÜbermacht der weißen Eroberer und ihrer Unterwerfung oder Vertreibung in der Regel wenig entgegensetzen. In vielen Fällen beugten sich die lokalen Autoritäten denKräfteverhältnissen und unterschrieben Übergabe- und „Schutzverträge”. Doch in vielen Fällen wehrten sich die einheimischen Völker heftig u...

• Abdülhamid Ier

• Honduras - country.

  A Principal Cities The capital and largest city of Honduras is Tegucigalpa (2006 estimate, 1,324,000), located in the south-central highlands region. The country’s second largest city isSan Pedro Sula (549,498). The principal city and commercial center in the north, it lies in the heart of the vast banana plantations on the Caribbean Sea. La Ceiba(127,590) and Puerto Cortés (90,161) are among the leading Caribbean ports. B Language and Religion Spanish is the official language and is spoken by...

• Canada.

  Six general landform regions are distinguishable in Canada: the Appalachian Region, the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence Lowlands, the Canadian Shield, the Great Plains,the Canadian Cordillera, and the Canadian Arctic Archipelago. B1 Appalachian Region and Great Lakes and St. Lawrence Lowlands Eastern Canada consists of the Appalachian Region and the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence Lowlands. The Appalachian Region embraces Newfoundland Island, NovaScotia, New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island, and the G...

• Canada - country.

  Six general landform regions are distinguishable in Canada: the Appalachian Region, the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence Lowlands, the Canadian Shield, the Great Plains,the Canadian Cordillera, and the Canadian Arctic Archipelago. B1 Appalachian Region and Great Lakes and St. Lawrence Lowlands Eastern Canada consists of the Appalachian Region and the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence Lowlands. The Appalachian Region embraces Newfoundland Island, NovaScotia, New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island, and the G...

• Canada - Canadian History.

  Six general landform regions are distinguishable in Canada: the Appalachian Region, the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence Lowlands, the Canadian Shield, the Great Plains,the Canadian Cordillera, and the Canadian Arctic Archipelago. B1 Appalachian Region and Great Lakes and St. Lawrence Lowlands Eastern Canada consists of the Appalachian Region and the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence Lowlands. The Appalachian Region embraces Newfoundland Island, NovaScotia, New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island, and the G...

• New France - Canadian History.

  the colony now consisted of a governor-general, an intendant , and a Sovereign Council, all located at Québec, with local governors at Trois-Rivières and Montréal, and law courts for all three districts. The senior official was the governor-general, responsible for military matters and for relations with the indigenous nations and theEnglish colonies. The intendant, a noble trained in law, was the official responsible for civil affairs: justice, law enforcement, and the maintenance of the colon...

• (1983), 43-46).

  Fig. 74 Plandelaville deKahoun. Fayoum, quin'était sousl'Ancien Empirequ'unezonemarécageuse quiservait delieu depêche etde chasse, avec pourcentre Crocodilopolis. Cettegrande oasis,située àenviron 80kilomètres ausud-ouest deMemphis, avait dequoi offrir denouvelles terres.Sésostris IIentreprit decanaliser leBahr Youssouf quisedéversait dans le futur lacQaroun enconstruisant unedigue àIllahoun eten luiadjoignant unsystème dedrainage etde canaux. Leprojet nesera achevé quesous Amenemhat III,mais ce...

• Iraq - country.

  The Euphrates begins in Turkey, crosses Syria, and enters Iraq at Abū Kam āl. The flow of the Euphrates into Iraq has been greatly reduced by dams built by Turkeyand Syria. The gradient of the Euphrates above the town of H īt, in west central Iraq, is steep. In the 2,640 km (1,640 mi) from its source in Turkey to H īt, the river fallsfrom 3,000 m (10,000 ft) to a low water elevation of 50 m (170 ft) above sea level, an average drop of 1 m per km (6 ft per mi). In Iraq below H īt the fall is very...

• Cambodia - country.

  The population of Cambodia is 14,241,640 (2008 estimate). Population growth per year is estimated at 1.8 percent, one of the highest rates in Asia. The rate of infantmortality is also high. The population density is 81 persons per sq km (209 per sq mi), with the densest concentrations on the heavily cultivated central plain. Themountainous regions of the country, where malaria is widespread, are thinly populated, as are the poorly watered northern provinces. During the late 1970s, under thebruta...

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• Que puis je savoir ?

  Les écueils de la connaissance A. L'ignorance sous sa forme grave que distingue Platon Le premier de ces écueils est l'ignorance, mais celle-ci se distingue chez Platon en deux formes très différentes. Lapremière forme est une forme utile : je dis « je sais que je ne sais pas ». Dans ce cas là, j'avoue mon ignorance, cequi me permet de progresser. Selon Socrate, c'est d'ailleurs la démarche du sage et par extension du philosophe dedire « je ne sais qu'une chose, c'est que je ne sais rien ». La d...

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• Arménie (région historique)

• China - country.

  North China lies between the Mongolian Steppe on the north and the Yangtze River Basin on the south. It stretches west from the Bo Hai gulf and the Yellow Sea to theeastern edge of the Tibetan Plateau. Administratively, North China includes Beijing and Tianjin municipalities; Shandong and Shanxi provinces; most of Hebei, Henan,and Shaanxi provinces; and portions of Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region and of Jiangsu, Anhui, and Gansu provinces. Humans have lived in the agriculturally rich region of Nor...

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• 861 SUJETS-TEXTES DE L’ÉPREUVE DE PHILOSOPHIE AU BACCALAURÉAT

• Émile Zola LA CURÉE (1872)

• L'expansion de l'Occident 11è-15è

  La conquête du monde 15è-16è 1 Causes  Diffusion de la religion chrétienne (évangélisation)  Recherche de l’or et des épices  Trouver une route maritime vers les Indes pour contourner le monde musulman (après la prise de Constantinople par les Turcs en 1453)  Curiosité scientifique et meilleure connaissance du monde  Gout de l’aventure 2 Moyens  Enrichissement de l’Europe  Utilisation d’outils de navigation précis : boussole, astrolabe  Utilisation d’un navire maniable et rapide :...

• shoah

  Au milieu des combats de la Seconde Guerre mondiale où les morts se comptèrent par millions, six millions d’hommes, de femmes et d’enfants furent assassinés simplement pour être nés « juifs », assassinés dans des conditions dont p ersonne n'aurait pensé l’humanité capable. Cette histoire a marqué de façon indélébile la Franc e. Le gouvernement de Vichy, devança même les exige nces de l’occupant, en livrant les enfants juifs à la mort et en contr...

• La Slovénie De la Carantanie à la Slovénie indépendante (Travaux Personnels Encadrés – Histoire – TES/TL)

  DE LA DIFFICULrt D'h'RE PEU CONNU La Slovénie demeure un pays encore largement ignoré sur la scène internationale . Elle est souvent confondue avec sa presque homonyme , la Slovaquie , issue, elle, de l'ex­ Tchécoslovaquie . Cette confusion n'épargne pas les plus hautes autorités internationales. Ainsi , le président américain George W. Bush parla devant la presse de sa rencontre avec le Premier ministre slovène , alors qu'il s'agissait de son homologue...

• Cours complet sciences politiques

  On peut envisager la question de l’ordre politique en étudiant les croyances religieuses. On peut aussi envisager l’ordre politique comme uns super structure (Karl Marx-rapport de forces). Enfin, on peut l’envisager à travers l’étude des institutions, qui contribue à produire et à reproduire un ordre politique. C’est la question de l’Etat comme institution. Dans certains pays l’Etat est une forme d’organisation parmi d’autres. Il faut donc le placer dans son contexte d’ém...

• Le XX siecle litteraire

  transformer le réel en fiction. Tous ces bouleversements politiques et sociaux ont des répercussions sur la production littéraire. D’autre part, on assiste au XIX e siècle à une prodigieuse accélération des sciences et au déplacement des limites de la connaissance. On enregistre toute une série de découvertes techniques, parmi lesquelles les plus importantes visent l’invention de la machine à vapeurs 3, du générateur pour l’énergie (le moteur électrique, Gramm...