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History of Marseille. A silver drachma inscribed with MASSA [LIA] ( ΜΑΣΣΑ [ΛΙΑ] ), dated 375-200 BC, during the Hellenistic period of Marseille, bearing the head of the Greek goddess Artemis on the obverse and a lion on the reverse. Marseille, France was originally founded circa 600 BC as the Greek colony of Massalia ( Latin: Massilia ...
The recorded history of Haiti began in 1492, when the European captain and explorer Christopher Columbus landed on a large island in the region of the western Atlantic Ocean that later came to be known as the Caribbean. The western portion of the island of Hispaniola, where Haiti is situated, was inhabited by the Taíno and Arawakan people, who ...
The Government of France ( French: gouvernement français ), officially the Government of the French Republic ( Gouvernement de la République française [ɡuvɛʁnəmɑ̃ də la ʁepyblik fʁɑ̃sɛːz] ), exercises executive power in France. It is composed of the prime minister, who is the head of government, as well as both senior and junior ...
In the recorded history of what is now the U.S. state of Texas, all or parts of Texas have been claimed by six countries: France, Spain, Mexico, the Republic of Texas, the Confederacy during the Civil War, and the United States of America.
The Battle of France ( French: bataille de France; 10 May – 25 June 1940), also known as the Western Campaign ( German: Westfeldzug ), the French Campaign ( Frankreichfeldzug, campagne de France) and the Fall of France, during the Second World War, was the German invasion of France, that notably introduced tactics that are still used.
France in the Seven Years' War. Franco-Moroccan War (disambiguation) Francs-tireurs. Era de Francia. French Army in World War I. French Army order of battle (1914) French military mission to Greece (1884–1887) French military mission to Greece (1911–1914) French military mission to Greece (1925–1932)
The history of Île-de-France ( Isle of France) dates back to the medieval period . The name Isle de France is first recorded in 1387, when the term "France" designated certain crown territories . Literally, the name "Island of France" was derived from its being bordered by the rivers Seine, Oise and Marne (tributaries of the Seine) and ...
