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Introduction France in History

Introduction

The French Republic (referred to as “France”) is a semi-presidential republic located in Western Europe. Its overseas territories include some areas of South America and the South Pacific. It is the third largest country in Europe and the largest country in Western Europe. At the end of the century, it became one of the great powers in Europe. It reached the heyday of feudal society during the reign of Louis XIV in the 17th and 18th centuries. Before the Second World War, France was the second largest colonial empire in the world at that time and became the most densely populated in the 20th century. The country, after World War II, established the Fourth Republic of France, which was replaced in 1958 by the Fifth Republic established by Charles de Gaulle…