225 résultats pour "slave"

• Comoros - country.

  Since 1981 the currency has been the Comorian franc. The Comorian franc had a fixed exchange rate with the French franc of 50 to 1 until 1994, when the rate was changed to 75 Comorian francs to 1 French franc. In 2006, the Comorian franc exchanged at an average of 392 to U.S.$1. Transport between the islands is mostly by air, and there is an international airport at Hahaia on Njazidja where jets can land. Road networks have been built betweenmost of the main island settlements, but the mountai...

• American Revolution.

  C1 The South Southern agriculture was founded on the cultivation of tobacco, wheat, and corn in Virginia, Maryland, and North Carolina, and of rice and indigo (a blue dye) in SouthCarolina and Georgia. There was a large demand for these crops in Europe. These crops were cultivated with the help of black slaves imported from Africa. The whiteplanter class in the South was the most powerful, both politically and economically. C2 The North Wheat was the main cash crop of the mid-Atlantic colonies...

• American Revolution - U.

  C1 The South Southern agriculture was founded on the cultivation of tobacco, wheat, and corn in Virginia, Maryland, and North Carolina, and of rice and indigo (a blue dye) in SouthCarolina and Georgia. There was a large demand for these crops in Europe. These crops were cultivated with the help of black slaves imported from Africa. The whiteplanter class in the South was the most powerful, both politically and economically. C2 The North Wheat was the main cash crop of the mid-Atlantic colonies...

• New Orleans - geography.

  D Metropolitan Region The New Orleans metropolitan region covers 8,800 sq km (3,400 sq mi) and includes the counties—known in Louisiana as parishes— of Orleans, Jefferson, Saint Bernard, Saint Charles, Saint John the Baptist, Saint Tammany, Saint James, and Plaquemines. At the center is the city of New Orleans, which is coextensive withOrleans Parish. It has a land area of 468 sq km (181 sq mi). Extending from this base are numerous suburban towns in the surrounding parishes. Metairie, Harahan...

• HISTOIRE DE LA POLOGNE

  orientaux . En 1652 , l'introduction du liberum veto , par lequel tout membre de la Diète peut d~sormais s 'opposer à une décision , paralysera complètement le pouvoir central. Dès lors, la soci~t~ se figera dans des structures f~odales domin~es par les magnats de la grande noblesse terrienne et l'~conomie d~clinera. Ainsi , la Pologne s 'affaiblit malgr~ les succès de leon Ill Sobieski , roi de 1673 à 1696 , qui triomphe des Ottomans lors du siège...

• Lincoln: "A House Divided" At the 1858 state Republican convention in Springfield, Illinois, the Republican Party's United States Senate candidate for Illinois and future president Abraham Lincoln delivered his famous "House Divided" speech.

  First, That no negro slave, imported as such from Africa, and no descendant of such slave can ever be a citizen of any state in the sense of that term as used in theConstitution of the United States. This point is made in order to deprive the negro, in every possible event, of the benefit of that provision of the United StatesConstitution which declares that 'The citizens of each state shall be entitled to all the privileges and immunities of citizens in the several States.' Secondly, That, 'sub...

• Native Americans of Middle and South America.

  A line that snakes across central Mexico near the Tropic of Cancer forms the northern boundary of Mesoamerica; north of this line rainfall sharply declines and theclimate is much drier. The ancient civilizations of Mesoamerica all arose and developed in the area between this line and the Guatemalan highlands far to the south. Richvolcanic soils are found throughout much of the region. A2 People and Languages Mesoamerica was a great melting pot, home to many peoples and interrelated cultures. In...

• Wars of Yugoslav Succession.

  of Yugoslav succession was over. In January 1992 members of the European Community (EC; after 1993 the European Union, EU) recognized Slovenia’s independencealong with that of Croatia. The United States and other countries did so shortly thereafter. IV THE WAR IN CROATIA As the Yugoslav army withdrew from Slovenia in July 1991, a second and far more serious conflict erupted in Croatia. But the road to war in Croatia began more than ayear earlier. In April and May 1990 the Croatian Democratic U...

• Wars of Yugoslav Succession .

  of Yugoslav succession was over. In January 1992 members of the European Community (EC; after 1993 the European Union, EU) recognized Slovenia’s independencealong with that of Croatia. The United States and other countries did so shortly thereafter. IV THE WAR IN CROATIA As the Yugoslav army withdrew from Slovenia in July 1991, a second and far more serious conflict erupted in Croatia. But the road to war in Croatia began more than ayear earlier. In April and May 1990 the Croatian Democratic U...

• Excerpt from Timon of Athens - anthology.

  Ha? A drum? Th' art quick,But yet I'll bury thee. Thou'lt go, strong thief,When gouty keepers of thee cannot stand.Nay, stay thou out for earnest. He keeps some of the gold, and buries the rest Enter Alcibiades, with drum and fife, in warlike manner; and Phrynia and Timandra ALCIBIADES. What art thou there? Speak. TIMON. A beast, as thou art. The canker gnaw thy heartFor showing me again the eyes of man! ALCIBIADES. What is thy name? Is man so hateful to theeThat art thyself a man? TIMON. I am M...

• John Quincy Adams.

  man of my whole country.” When President Thomas Jefferson requested Senate approval of his treaty for the purchase of the French colony of Louisiana, Adams was the only New EnglandFederalist to vote in favor of it. He realized that the power and influence of his own New England would be reduced if the vast territory were added to the nation, but hewas convinced that the national interest would best be served by the purchase of Louisiana ( see Louisiana Purchase). Adams again broke with his New...

• John Quincy Adams

  man of my whole country.” When President Thomas Jefferson requested Senate approval of his treaty for the purchase of the French colony of Louisiana, Adams was the only New EnglandFederalist to vote in favor of it. He realized that the power and influence of his own New England would be reduced if the vast territory were added to the nation, but hewas convinced that the national interest would best be served by the purchase of Louisiana ( see Louisiana Purchase). Adams again broke with his New...

• Alberta - Geography.

  C Climate Except for the mountain areas, summers throughout the province are quite warm. Winters are long and extremely cold. In July, average daily temperatures range fromabout 16°C (about 60°F) along the northern boundary to about 21°C (about 70°F) in the south. In the extreme southeastern section of the province, temperatures of43°C (110°F) have been recorded. In January, average daily temperatures range from about -14°C (about 6°F) at Grande Prairie to about -9°C (about 16°F) atCalgary. Tem...

• Alberta - Canadian History.

  C Climate Except for the mountain areas, summers throughout the province are quite warm. Winters are long and extremely cold. In July, average daily temperatures range fromabout 16°C (about 60°F) along the northern boundary to about 21°C (about 70°F) in the south. In the extreme southeastern section of the province, temperatures of43°C (110°F) have been recorded. In January, average daily temperatures range from about -14°C (about 6°F) at Grande Prairie to about -9°C (about 16°F) atCalgary. Tem...

• Colombia - country.

  In Bogotá the average high temperature in January is 20°C (68°F), and in July the average high is 19°C (65°F). The highs for the same months in Barranquilla are 32°C(89°F) and 33°C (91°F). Throughout the year, three-month periods of rain and dry weather alternate. Along the Pacific coast precipitation is heavy. At Bogotá the annual rainfall averages about1,060 mm (about 42 in), and in Barranquilla it averages about 800 mm (about 32 in). Dry weather prevails on the slopes of the Cordillera Orient...

• Zachary Taylor.

  army fled back across the Río Grande into Mexico. When Polk got word of the victories, he promoted Taylor to major general. Congress awarded him two gold medals. B1 Battle of Monterrey In September 1846, Taylor began an invasion of northern Mexico. His army of 6000 consisted of regulars and volunteers. On September 21 he attacked the fortifiedcity of Monterrey, which was defended by more than 7000 Mexicans under General Pedro de Ampudia. Taylor divided his army, giving Brigadier General William...

• Zachary Taylor

  army fled back across the Río Grande into Mexico. When Polk got word of the victories, he promoted Taylor to major general. Congress awarded him two gold medals. B1 Battle of Monterrey In September 1846, Taylor began an invasion of northern Mexico. His army of 6000 consisted of regulars and volunteers. On September 21 he attacked the fortifiedcity of Monterrey, which was defended by more than 7000 Mexicans under General Pedro de Ampudia. Taylor divided his army, giving Brigadier General William...

• La Pologne est marquée, dans son histoire, par l'opposition entre l'immutabilité de la nation polonaise et la variabilité de son territoire, qui connut quatre partages et disparut deux fois de la carte du monde, en 1795 et en 1939.

  Guerre mondiale valent à la Pologne une population homogène, où les minorités nationales (Ukrainiens, Biélorusses, Allemands) comptent pour moins de 2 %. L'accroissement démographique a d'abord été très rapide (1,3 % par an entre 1946 et 1970), avant de se ralentir à partir des années soixante-dix (0,8 % entre 1970 et 1990, 0,2 % entre 1990 et 1995), en raison de la baisse de la natalité et d'une remontée progressive de la mortalité. La population reste relativement jeune : les moins de 30 ans r...

• Le peuplement de l'URSS dans les années 1980 (histoire)

  le peuplement D> La CEi : 284 millions d'habitants ■ Une mosaïque ethnique. Plus de 120 nations et nationalités habitent la CEi. En fait, les Slaves forment près de 70 % de la population (fig. 2). Parmi les non-Slaves de race blanche : les Moldaves, les peuples du Caucase. Les minorités turco-mongoles sont nombreuses en Asie centrale, la plupart sont musulmanes. f> Un ralentissement du dynamisme démographique ■ De 1946 à 1959 : une vigoureuse croissance. L...

• Serbie.

  3.3. 2 Partis politiques Les principaux partis politiques de Serbie sont le Parti radical serbe (SRS, ultranationaliste), le Parti démocratique de Serbie (DSS, conservateur) de Vojislav Kostunica, leParti démocrate (DS, centriste), créé par l’ancien Premier ministre Zoran Djindjic, assassiné en 2003, G-17 Plus (centriste), le Parti socialiste de Serbie (SPS), de l’ancienprésident Slobodan Miloševic, le Mouvement du renouveau serbe (SPO) et l’Alliance civique de Serbie (GSS, libéral). 3.4 Langue...

• James Polk.

  1824. Jackson had won a plurality of the popular and electoral votes. But because he lacked a majority of the electoral votes, the House of Representatives had todecide the election among the three candidates with the highest number of electoral votes. When Henry Clay, the candidate who had come in fourth, swung his supportto Adams, Adams won the election. Polk, with his firm belief in democratic rule, held that the election of Adams was a violation of the people's will. In his first speech befo...

• James Polk

  1824. Jackson had won a plurality of the popular and electoral votes. But because he lacked a majority of the electoral votes, the House of Representatives had todecide the election among the three candidates with the highest number of electoral votes. When Henry Clay, the candidate who had come in fourth, swung his supportto Adams, Adams won the election. Polk, with his firm belief in democratic rule, held that the election of Adams was a violation of the people's will. In his first speech befo...

• Article encyclopédique LA YOUGOSLAVIE AU XXe SIÈCLE La Yougoslavie naît de l’idée de proximité linguistique ou ethnique des Slaves du...

  Article encyclopédique LA YOUGOSLAVIE AU XXe SIÈCLE La Yougoslavie naît de l’idée de proximité linguistique ou ethnique des Slaves du Sud qui a été élaborée par des intellectuels et propagée au xixe siècle, surtout en Croatie au travers du mouvement illyrien. Dès 1914, le gouvernement du royaume de Serbie annonce que son principal objectif de guerre est la création d’un État unifiant les Serbes, les Croates et les Slovènes. Le 29 octobre 1918, les Slaves du Sud de l’Empire austro-hongrois en dél...

• La Macédoine : Gloire antique et renaissance récente

  • Parmi celles-ci figurent notamment l'émancipation à l'égard du patriarcat de Constantinople et l'autonomie de l'Église macédonienne, ainsi que la réintroduction systématique de la langue macédonienne dans l'administration, les églises et les écoles. • Les pressions exercées sur Constantinople par les mouvements nationalistes virent progressivement à l'insurrection . LES CUEIRES DE LIBtRATION • La première insurrection se produit en 1876 à Razlovci . Elle...

• Première et seconde guerre mondial

  depuis 1830 veut le statut quo, une Turquie trop allemande menacerait l’équilibre acquis en Méditerranée. Presque tous les états européens sont confrontés à des problèmes de nationalité : -La France réclame à l’Allemagne l’Alsace-Lorraine -L’Italie réclame à l’Autriche le Trentin et l’Istrie -En Pologne des mouvements nationalistes se manifestent -Les Serbes de Bosnie, soutenus par la Russie réclament leur rattachement à la Serbie car ils redoutent l’expansion austro-hongroise -La Russi...

• Caucase (en russe Kavkaz).

  représentants. Sous l'influence des Turcs et des Perses, ces peuples ont été islamisés. La majorité est sunnite, mais on note quelques chiites. Le groupe turc. Les Azéris sont les plus nombreux. Arrivés entre le Xe et le XVIIe s., ils occupent les piémonts orientaux du Caucase. Les Koumyks et les Nogays se sont installés dans les steppes du Daguestan septentrional. Les Balkars et les Karatchaïs se sont réfugiés dans les montagnes du Caucase central, après avoir été chassés du piémont par les Cos...

• Croatie.

  autrichienne, le mouvement national croate se montra, dès le XVIII e siècle, favorable à l'« illyrisme » (union des Slaves du Sud). Cette aspiration fut avivée par la création des Provinces illyriennes par Napoléon (1809-1813). De nouveau rattachée à la Hongrie en 1813, la Croatie fut intégrée en 1867 dans l'Empire austro-hongrois et dut subir une politique de magyarisation. À l'issue de la Première Guerre mondiale, le démantèlement de l'empire des Habsbourg donna naissance à un nouve...

• DROIT CONSTIT

  CHAPITRE I : Question des origines dans l'aire géopolitique europ éenne SECTION I: LES PEUPLES D'EUROPE PARAGRAPHE I: LE PR ÉSUPPOS É D'UNE LANGUE ORIGINELLE Les peuples d'Europe sont issu d'un peuple souche commun gr âce au travail des linguistes, comme dans toutes   les langues issu d'une langue originel commune on trouve des mots communs, indo­iranien qu'on trouve en Iran   et en inde, par les grecs, les celtes, les germains, les baltes, les italique, les slaves et les Arm éniens et albana...

• ARTICLE DE PRESSE: Il était une fois la Yougoslavie

  potentialités certaines (elle possède notamment la quasi-totalité du littoral ex-yougoslave), la Croatie n'en connaît pas moins degraves problèmes économiques, dus essentiellement à la guerre ainsi qu'aux difficultés à sortir, dans ces conditions, d'uneéconomie intégrée. Principale victime du conflit, la Bosnie-Herzégovine n'est plus qu'une fiction, malgré les efforts désespérés de la diplomatieoccidentale pour lui donner l'allure d'un Etat souverain aux frontières internationalement reconnue...

• Milosevic, l'homme du malheur serbe

  moment où la perestroïka gorbatchévienne répand en Europe de l'Est l'idée saugrenue qu'il est possible de sortir du socialisme.En Yougoslavie aussi, il y a un premier ministre fédéral, Ante Markovic, qui se pique de libéralisme économique, voire delibéralisme politique. Milosevic flaire le danger et l'occasion. Le libéralisme politique signifie la fin du système, sauf s'il peut êtreretourné au profit des forces les plus nationalistes. RÉPÉTITION GÉNÉRALE Les Serbes, « ce peuple qui ne doit...

• Hongrie.

  3.3. 3 Défense nationale Autrefois intégrées au pacte de Varsovie, les forces armées hongroises sont aujourd’hui autonomes. Par ailleurs, entre 1990 et 1991, l’URSS a évacué ses 55 000 hommesstationnés sur le territoire hongrois. En 1999, la Hongrie est devenue membre de l’Organisation du traité de l’Atlantique nord (OTAN). En 2004, l’armée hongroise comptait 32 300 hommes, 23 950 dans l’armée de terre et 7 500 dans l’aviation. Le service militaire dure dix-huit mois. En 2003, l’État aconsacré...

• Pologne.

  Guerre mondiale. À l’issue du conflit, le déplacement de la frontière orientale a laissé du côté de l’ex-URSS les Lituaniens, les Biélorusses et les Ukrainiens qui avaient étéincorporés à la Pologne en 1919. Les Allemands des territoires occidentaux ont été transférés en Allemagne. Les minorités polonaises vivant dans les régions rétrocédées àl’ex-URSS ont été rapatriées. 3.2 Divisions administratives et villes principales La Pologne est divisée en 16 régions ou voïvodies (województwo) : Bass...

• Pologne.

  Guerre mondiale. À l’issue du conflit, le déplacement de la frontière orientale a laissé du côté de l’ex-URSS les Lituaniens, les Biélorusses et les Ukrainiens qui avaient étéincorporés à la Pologne en 1919. Les Allemands des territoires occidentaux ont été transférés en Allemagne. Les minorités polonaises vivant dans les régions rétrocédées àl’ex-URSS ont été rapatriées. 3.2 Divisions administratives et villes principales La Pologne est divisée en 16 régions ou voïvodies (województwo) : Bass...

• Excerpt from The Merchant of Venice - anthology.

  A weight of carrion flesh than to receiveThree thousand ducats. I'll not answer that,But say it is my humour. Is it answered?What if my house be troubled with a rat,And I be pleased to give ten thousand ducatsTo have it baned? What, are you answered yet?Some men there are love not a gaping pig,Some that are mad if they behold a cat,And others, when the bagpipe sings i'th'nose,Cannot contain their urine; for affection,Master of passion, sways it to the moodOf what it likes or loathes. Now for you...

• Nashville - geography.

  May event has grown into a major festival. In September the city hosts the Tennessee State Fair. One of Nashville's principle attractions is Opryland, a complex of entertainment and broadcasting facilities that offers live music shows, a resort and convention center,and shopping outlets. Since 1974 it has been the home to the Grand Ole Opry radio show, a country-music production that has not missed a broadcast since 1925. Percy Park and Edwin Warner Park provide open space, trails, playing field...

• Dominica - country.

  Other crops are being promoted to diversify the economy away from reliance on bananas. They include coffee, cacao, mangoes, citrus fruit, and root vegetables. Pumice is quarried and exported on Dominica. Manufacturing is on a small scale and largely limited to the processing of farm products. The main manufactured goodsare fruit juices, alcoholic beverages, soap, and essential oils. The island also has electronic assembly plants, data-processing companies, and garment manufacturers. The governme...

• Gabon - country.

  government is engaged in preservation and reforestation programs. The fish catch in 2005 was 43,941 metric tons. C Mining Mining has developed rapidly since Gabon’s independence in 1960. Annual production of extremely high-grade manganese ore, from Moanda in the southeast, was1,090,000 metric tons in 2004. The rich deposits of iron ore located at Mekambo and Bélinga in the northeast have reserves estimated at more than 500 million metrictons. Exploitation of the iron ore has been hampered by th...

• Slovenia - country.

  Democratic Party of Slovenia, the Christian Democratic Party, United List, the Slovenian National Party, the Democratic Party of Slovenia, and Greens of Slovenia. Slovenia has eight trial courts, four appellate courts, and a Supreme Court. The Assembly appoints all judges, including the justices of the Supreme Court. Slovenia hasan extensive network of social service programs sponsored by the government, including low-cost medical coverage and retirement pensions. Slovenia had an army of 6,550 a...

• Mark Twain.

  father, who keeps him prisoner in an isolated cabin. The boy escapes and, together with a runaway slave, Jim, sails down the Mississippi on a raft. During their trip,Huck and Jim encounter many unusual characters, including two families involved in a senseless feud and a pair of scoundrels who swindle innocent townspeople. Theirexperiences bring about a strong friendship between the boy and the slave, but their adventures end when Jim is captured and held at the farm of Tom Sawyer’s AuntSally. W...

• Mark Twain I INTRODUCTION Mark Twain, pseudonym of Samuel Langhorne Clemens (1835-1910), American writer and humorist, whose best work is characterized by broad, often irreverent humor or biting social satire.

  father, who keeps him prisoner in an isolated cabin. The boy escapes and, together with a runaway slave, Jim, sails down the Mississippi on a raft. During their trip,Huck and Jim encounter many unusual characters, including two families involved in a senseless feud and a pair of scoundrels who swindle innocent townspeople. Theirexperiences bring about a strong friendship between the boy and the slave, but their adventures end when Jim is captured and held at the farm of Tom Sawyer’s AuntSally. W...

• Mark Twain - USA History.

  father, who keeps him prisoner in an isolated cabin. The boy escapes and, together with a runaway slave, Jim, sails down the Mississippi on a raft. During their trip,Huck and Jim encounter many unusual characters, including two families involved in a senseless feud and a pair of scoundrels who swindle innocent townspeople. Theirexperiences bring about a strong friendship between the boy and the slave, but their adventures end when Jim is captured and held at the farm of Tom Sawyer’s AuntSally. W...

• Herman Melville.

  information in Omoo , but various religious groups condemned both books for their unfavorable comments on the work and insensitivity of missionaries in the South Seas. Mardi is a philosophical allegory framed by another adventure at sea. The book’s hero, accompanied by characters representing the intellect, poetry, history, and philosophy, searches the world for universal truth. The book is filled with descriptions—intended as allegories—of human customs, religions, governments, and historical...

• Boston - geography.

  The neighborhoods of Allston and Brighton occupy the northwest corner of the city to the west of Fenway. The Allston-Brighton area is bordered to the east, north, andwest by the Charles River and to the south by the Massachusetts Turnpike and the town of Brookline. It is an industrial and residential neighborhood that is also thelocation of Boston College and Harvard University Business School. Boston has been unsuccessful in annexing Brookline, the birthplace of U.S. president John F.Kennedy an...

• panslavisme

• Cyrille et Méthode, saints - religieux.

• Kollár, Ján - écrivain.

• russe, n.

• Emancipation Proclamation - U.

• panslavisme (politique & socièté).

• Olaudah Equiano