Rwanda and Burundi are two small African countries, smaller than Brittany, but twice as populated thanks to their exceptional fertility. Before colonization, different castes cohabited without being truly different ethnic groups. The distinction between these castes is made mainly by their role:the
From the end of the 19th century, the Ottoman Empire crumbled with the awakening of Turkish and Greek nationalism. To fight against this, the Empire acts on the minorities that it considers responsible for this agitation. From 1908, the nationalist movement of the Young Turks came to power. They wan
In May 1789, Louis XVI summoned the representatives of the States General:the financial situation of France was catastrophic. On June 17, the Third Estate constituted itself into the National Assembly. On July 14, the people of Paris invaded the Bastille. August 26 is the day of the proclamation of
At the end of the Second World War, the industrialized countries experienced, for thirty years, accelerated economic growth, allowing full employment and mass consumption, but also the beginnings of globalization. In France, it is supported by the welfare state and the Marshall Plan. During these 30
September 1, 1939:Invasion of Poland by the Wehrmacht (the German army). September 3:France and the United Kingdom declare war on Germany. May 10, 1940:Hitler launches his army into the Netherlands, Belgium and France. Quickly Belgium capitulated and the city of Calais fell. The Franco-British troop
Vietnam was split in two after the Indochina War (1946-1954), at the height of the 17th north parallel, by the Geneva agreement of July 20, 1954. The Vietnam War (1955-1975) opposed North Vietnamese communists (supported by the USSR and China) and South Vietnamese capitalists (supported by the Unite
The 19thth century is the period of colonial expansion of the great European powers. The colonial empires were formed, and France, at the beginning of the XXth century, is the second largest empire in the world behind Great Britain. The British had already organized an exhibition at Wembley in 1924.
At the end of the 18th century, France was in the midst of a political revolution. Royal power was overthrown on August 10, 1792:that day, the Sans-Culottes came to seek Louis XVI and the royal family at the Tuileries, abolishing the monarchy. The Victory of Valmy, on September 20, is the first mili
The alliance between Pompey and Caesar, both generals, and Crassus, the richest man in Rome, puts an end to the Republic. But the three men will compete for power and Caesar, in 47 BC. J.-C., starting from Gaulle, manages to enter Rome and take power. His assassination put an end to his dictatorship
The massacre of Protestants at Wassy under the aegis of the Duke of Guise triggers, in France, the 1st March 1562, a real war of religion. The legitimate heir under Salic law (which contains the rules of succession to the throne of France), Henry IV, who was first a Protestant leader, must, to ascen
In the Roman Empire, Christians have experienced different waves of persecution since the burning of Rome under the Roman Emperor Nero in 64 AD. Emperor Galerius, although himself a persecutor of these believers during his reign publishes, on his deathbed and without having first consulted the tetra
If the right to Roman citizenship was very restricted, in addition to transmission by heredity, with time and the expansion of the Empire, other colonized peoples were able to access it. Thus, in 48, the Emperor Claudius, himself born outside Rome, granted citizenship to the so-called hairy Gaul and
On January 30, 1933, Adolf Hitler was appointed Chancellor of Germany. His political project is to create a “living space” for the German people. Hitler violates the Treaty of Versailles by remilitarizing the Rhineland. On March 12, 1938, the German army entered Austria:without any shots being fired
Le Chapelier Law 1791:prohibition of professional coalitions and strikes. Promulgation of the Penal Code of Napoleon Ist in 1810:associations of more than 20 people are subject to government approval and labor coalitions aiming to stop work or change wages are severely repressed. The law of November
The United States and the USSR were the two great victors of the Second World War, but the incompatibility of their political and economic models led them to mistrust each other. On the one hand, the United States defends the capitalist model, based on private property and liberalism, but also multi
In 395, on the death of Emperor Theodosius the Great, the immense Roman Empire was definitively divided in two, divided between the West and the East, each of the parts being directed by his sons (respectively Honorius for the West and Arcadius for the East). This split plunged the Roman Empire into
The French Revolution, which began in the spring of 1789, brought about absolute monarchy. If the First Republic is ratified, it does not manage to stem the Terror which plunges France into chaos. It was not until July 1794 with the execution of Robespierre, incarnation of the Terror, that the signs
The First World War opposed the Triple Alliance, made up of the German Empire, the Austro-Hungarian Empire and Italy, to the Triple Entente (France, Great Britain, Russia joined by Italy and the United States ). This war is bogged down in the trenches, leaving the nations bloodless, especially Germa
Jacques de Morgan, a remarkable former engineer and Egyptologist, was appointed by the authorities in 1897 as director of the French archaeological delegation for excavations in Persia. Also, he undertakes to lead an expedition to this land of ancient civilizations and in particular to Susa. By digg
1945 marks the end of the Second World War. Following the trauma suffered, the Jews who survived decided, in order to no longer relive the horrors of the Holocaust, to create a state. In 1947, the founding of the State of Israel was more than in talks; so when the Dead Sea Scrolls are discovered, th
As German troops invaded Poland in September 1939, a Polish captain 60 km behind the front line knew the time had come for the all-out fight. Captain Vladislav Raginis commanded a reinforced battalion-level force in the Vizna region. Raginis came from a family of landowners and was of Latvian descen
Tourists Paradise Bali At present, 90 percent of the total population of the island of Bali is Hindu. The remaining 10 percent of the population are Buddhists, Muslims and Christians. It is a world famous tourist place whose art, music, dance and temples are enchanting. The capital here is Denpasar
Mesopotamia was home to part of humanitys first civilizations . The presence in his region of the Tigris and Euphrates rivers was fundamental for man, from the development of agriculture and animal husbandry, to settle down and form cities in that place. Diverse people inhabited Mesopotamia during A
Napoleon returned from the island of Elba on March 20, 1815 and, after restoring his power in Paris, he set about reconquering the Empire:this was the Hundred Days period. However, not all of France is won over to his cause, and the kingdoms of Europe united for the seventh time at the Congress of V