62 résultats pour "900"

• médiévale, musique 1 PRÉSENTATION médiévale, musique, terme générique qui désigne la musique européenne entre environ 900 et 1400 et qui se rapporte également à un mouvement moderne s'intéressant aux pratiques d'interprétation de la musique antérieure au XIXe siècle.

  Montpellier, par exemple, contient plus de trois cents motets à deux, trois et quatre voix, dont les sujets vont de la religion à l'érotisme et juxtaposent souvent les deux en latin et en français. Un genre important est la pastourelle-motet qui relate les amours rustiques de bergers et de bergères et introduit le personnage du chevalier séducteur. Cette intrusion des conventions poétiques des troubadours et des trouvères se mêle fréquemment à la citation de refrains poétiques populaires, ou (da...

• India - country.

  delta in the north, are intensely farmed. B Rivers and Lakes The rivers of India can be divided into three groups: the great Himalayan rivers of the north, the westward-flowing rivers of central India, and the eastward-flowingrivers of the Deccan Plateau and the rest of peninsular India. Only small portions of India’s rivers are navigable because of silting and the wide seasonal variation inwater flow (due to the monsoon climate). Water transport is thus of little importance in India. Barrages,...

• Aïr ou Azbine, région montagneuse, de formation volcanique, du Sahara méridional, dans le centre-nord de la République du Niger (1 900 m).

• Maya Civilization - history.

  III CLASSIC PERIOD Maya Ruins, El SalvadorThe Maya occupied a large part of Central America, and their civilization reached its height between ad 300 and 900. Many ruins ofthe ancient civilization have been excavated in El Salvador, including huge limestone pyramids.Susan McCartney/Photo Researchers, Inc. Classic Maya civilization became more complex in about AD 300 as the population increased and centers in the highlands and the lowlands engaged in both cooperation and competition with each o...

• Fluss - geographie.

  Zustand; fast alle sind kanalisiert, begradigt und reguliert. Verfasst von:Peter GöbelDie längsten Flüsse der Erde Rang Fluss Mündung Land Kontinent Länge 1 Nil Mittelmeer Burundi, Ruanda,Tansania, Uganda,Sudan, Ägypten Afrika 6 671 km 2 Amazonas Atlantischer Ozean Brasilien, Peru, Ecuador,Bolivien, Venzuela Südamerika 6 400 km 3 Jangtsekiang Ostchinesisches Meer China Asien 6 300 km 4 Mississippi (mitMissouri) Golf von Mexiko USA Nordamerika 5 970 km 5 Jenissej Karasee Russland Asien 5 550...

• Mount Everest - geography.

  endangered or killed when their tents collapsed or were ripped to shreds by the gales. Hypothermia, the dramatic loss of body heat, is also a major and debilitatingproblem in this region of high winds and low temperatures. Another hazard facing Everest climbers is the famous Khumbu icefall, which is located not far above Base Camp and is caused by the rapid movement of the Khumbuglacier over the steep rock underneath. The movement breaks the ice into sérac (large, pointed masses of ice) cliffs...

• Les zeppelins sur Paris C'est le 2 j utllet 1 900 q ue le c omte Zeppelin, ex-officier de l 'armée allemande, p aroint à falrr!

  ·~{D} LES ZEPPEllNS SUR PARIS .,..-_ CRIMES ODIEUX DES PIRATES BOCHES 7 personnes furent tuées çlans cette maison

• «Titre», Le 12/12/96, j'ai signé dans votre magasin un contrat de vente concernant l'achat d'un téléviseur Sonic 2000 à 2 900 FF.

• République du Cameroun (fiche d'identité) République du Cameroun - Republic of Cameroon Code international: CMR Superficie: 465 458 km2 Population: 11 900 000 h.

• Bermudes (îles) Archipel britannique de l'Atlantique groupant plus de 300 îlots d'origine corallienne, à quelque 900 km du littoral nord-américain; 53,5 km2, dont 39 pour la seule Grande Bermude; 59 800 h.

• Francia - geografía.

  2.4 Temas medioambientales Algunos de los ríos de Francia están contaminados por los residuos industriales y por las aguas residuales procedentes de la actividad agrícola. Se está intentando mejorarla calidad del agua mediante la construcción de plantas de tratamiento y la imposición de multas por contaminación. En las principales ciudades, la contaminaciónatmosférica, provocada por los automóviles y los combustibles fósiles, constituye un grave problema medioambiental. Francia obtiene el 76,24...

• Rocket.

  the vacuum of space, however, demonstrated that this belief was not true. In fact, rockets produce more thrust in the vacuum of space than on Earth. Air pressure andfriction with the air reduce a rocket’s thrust by about 10 percent on Earth as compared to the rocket’s performance in space. B Thrust and Efficiency Thrust is a measurement of the force of a rocket, or the amount of “push” exerted backward to move a rocket forward. Thrusts vary greatly from rocket to rocket.Engineers measure thrust...

• Rocket - astronomy.

  the vacuum of space, however, demonstrated that this belief was not true. In fact, rockets produce more thrust in the vacuum of space than on Earth. Air pressure andfriction with the air reduce a rocket’s thrust by about 10 percent on Earth as compared to the rocket’s performance in space. B Thrust and Efficiency Thrust is a measurement of the force of a rocket, or the amount of “push” exerted backward to move a rocket forward. Thrusts vary greatly from rocket to rocket.Engineers measure thrust...

• Asia - Geography.

  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...

• 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...

• Rusia - ficha de geographia.

  Primorsk (territorio) 2.068.200 (2002) Tiumen (región administrativa) 3.265.700 (2002) Tomsk (región administrativa) 1.046.000 (2002) Tula (región administrativa) 1.675.700 (2002) Tuvá (república federada) 310.300 (2002) Tver (región administrativa) 1.472.600 (2002) Udmurtia (república federada) 1.616.200 (2002) Uliánovsk (región administrativa) 1.382.300 (2002) Vladímir (región administrativa) 1.524.900 (2002) Volgogrado (región administrativa) 2.702.500 (2002) Vologda (región administrativa) 1...

• Maya Civilization.

  destruction was directed mostly at temples in the ceremonial precincts; it had little or no impact on the economy or population of a city as a whole. Some city-states didoccasionally conquer others, but this was not a common occurrence until very late in the Classic period when lowland civilization had begun to disintegrate. Until thattime, the most common pattern of Maya warfare seems to have consisted of raids employing rapid attacks and retreats by relatively small numbers of warriors, most o...

• Maya Civilization - History.

  destruction was directed mostly at temples in the ceremonial precincts; it had little or no impact on the economy or population of a city as a whole. Some city-states didoccasionally conquer others, but this was not a common occurrence until very late in the Classic period when lowland civilization had begun to disintegrate. Until thattime, the most common pattern of Maya warfare seems to have consisted of raids employing rapid attacks and retreats by relatively small numbers of warriors, most o...

• LA RÉGION PARISIENNE (Travaux Personnels Encadrés – Géographie - Enseignements Pratiques Interdisciplinaires)

  La variété des sols fait alterner la grande culture sur les plateaux et la polyculture et le maraîchage dans les vallées. • L'île-de-France possède un relief composé de quatre grands plateaux , la Beouce, la Brie, la Plaine de France et le Vexin, qui s'articulent autour du site de Paris, vaste amphithéâtre dégagé par l'éros ion fluviale . • Les altitudes sont partout modestes et dépassent rarement lOO rn, excepté vers les bordures septentrionales et...

• Guatemala - country.

  C Climate The climate of Guatemala varies according to elevation, from hot coastal plains to cold mountain heights. Most of the population lives between 900 and 2,400 m (3,000and 8,000 ft) above sea level, where there are warm days and cool nights with average annual temperatures of 20°C (68°F). The coastal regions are hot and humid,with average annual temperatures of 28°C (83°F). A rainy season, from May through October, is sometimes called “winter” because it brings cloudy afternoons andlower...

• Virginia (state) - geography.

  C Coastline Virginia’s coastline, for both the mainland and the Eastern Shore counties, is 180 km (112 mi) long. The state’s tidal shoreline measures 5,335 km (3,315 mi), includingall bays, inlets, tidal estuaries, and other indentations. Major indentations include Chesapeake Bay; Hampton Roads, the excellent natural harbor on which are locatedNewport News, Norfolk, and Portsmouth; and the wide tidal estuaries of the lower Potomac, James, Rappahannock, and York rivers. Cape Henry, in the southe...

• Virginia (state) - USA History.

  C Coastline Virginia’s coastline, for both the mainland and the Eastern Shore counties, is 180 km (112 mi) long. The state’s tidal shoreline measures 5,335 km (3,315 mi), includingall bays, inlets, tidal estuaries, and other indentations. Major indentations include Chesapeake Bay; Hampton Roads, the excellent natural harbor on which are locatedNewport News, Norfolk, and Portsmouth; and the wide tidal estuaries of the lower Potomac, James, Rappahannock, and York rivers. Cape Henry, in the southe...

• New York - geography.

  The Adirondack province consists of a large highland area occupying 26,000 sq km (10,000 sq mi) in the northeastern quarter of the state. The region is domelike inshape, with the higher elevations toward the east. The western Adirondack province is more a rugged hill region and not truly mountainous. Geologically, this area isrelated to the Laurentian Upland, or Canadian Shield, which lies north of the St. Lawrence River, for it is composed of the same very old igneous rocks, principallygranite...

• New York - USA History.

  The Adirondack province consists of a large highland area occupying 26,000 sq km (10,000 sq mi) in the northeastern quarter of the state. The region is domelike inshape, with the higher elevations toward the east. The western Adirondack province is more a rugged hill region and not truly mountainous. Geologically, this area isrelated to the Laurentian Upland, or Canadian Shield, which lies north of the St. Lawrence River, for it is composed of the same very old igneous rocks, principallygranite...

• Luxembourg Facts and Figures.

  Female 82.7 years (2008 estimate) Male 75.9 years (2008 estimate) Infant mortality rate 5 deaths per 1,000 live births (2008 estimate) Population per physician 393 people (2004) Population per hospital bed 167 people (2003) Literacy rateTotal 100 percent (1995) Female Not available Male Not available Education expenditure as a share of gross national product (GNP) 4 percent (1999-2000) Number of years of compulsory schooling 10 years (2002-2003) Number of students per teacher, p...

• Luxembourg.

  (27 900 habitants), Differdange (18 900 habitants), Dudelange (17 500 habitants) et Sanem (13 700 habitants). 3.3 Langues et religions Le Luxembourg est un pays multilingue, du fait de la coexistence historique de deux groupes ethniques, roman et germanique, au fondement de son identité nationale.Depuis le XVIe siècle, le français était la langue de l’administration, et l’allemand celle de la presse. La loi du 24 février 1984 sur le régime des langues a consacré le luxembourgeois (lëtzebuerge...

• Supercomputer.

  the specific model and configuration of the supercomputer. In July 1995, computer scientists at the University of Tokyo, in Japan, broke the 1 teraflop (1 trillion floating-point operations per second) mark with a computer theydesigned to perform astrophysical simulations. Named GRAPE-4 (GRAvity PipE number 4), this MPP supercomputer consisted of 1,692 interconnected processors. InNovember 1996, Cray Research debuted the CRAY T3E-900, the first commercially available supercomputer to offer teraf...

• Päpste.

  Vitalian, heiliger 657-672 Adeodat II. 672-676 Donus 676-678 Agathon, heiliger 678-681 Leo II., heiliger 682-683 Benedikt II., heiliger 684-685 Johannes V. 685-686 Conon 686-687 Theodor 687 Paschalis 687 Sergius I., heiliger 687-701 Johannes VI. 701-705 Johannes VII. 705-707 Sisinnius 708 Konstantin 708-715 Gregor II., heiliger 715-731 Gregor III., heiliger 731-741 Zacharias, heiliger 741-752 Stephan (II.) 4 752 Stephan II. (III.) 752-757 Paul I., heiliger 757-767 Konstantin 767-769 Philipp 768...

• Diversement jugés par l'histoire, les Vikings sont, pour les uns, des barbares avides de butin, pour les autres, les protagonistes d'une civilisation brillante, qui régénéra l'Occident.

  précaire dans les pays nordiques. On a allégué une soif d'aventures propre aux peuples scandinaves, ou, plus concrètement, invoqué des raisons d'ordre politique (dissensions internes, volonté d'échapper à un tyran) ou juridique (seul l'aîné de la famille héritait des biens paternels, ce qui obligeait ses frères cadets à chercher fortune au loin). Mais ces tentatives d'explication sont loin d'être satisfaisantes, et chacune d'elles ne recouvre sans doute qu'une partie de la vérité. On peut affirm...

• Alemania - geografía.

  vecinos. Un acuerdo internacional ejemplar obliga a Alemania a ayudar en la protección medioambiental del Waddenzee o mar de Wadden, el brazo oriental del mar delNorte que comparte con Países Bajos y Dinamarca. Alemania firmó el Convenio sobre el Patrimonio de la Humanidad en 1976 y cuenta con nueve reservas de la biosferareconocidas por el programa El Hombre y la Biosfera de la Organización de las Naciones Unidas para la Educación, la Ciencia y la Cultura (UNESCO). Además, existen unaserie de l...

• Afrique.

  delta. Le Congo, avec ses 4 400 km, baigne une grande partie de l'Afrique centrale. Il naît en Zambie et coule vers le nord sous le nom de Lualaba. Il oblique vers l'ouest puis versle sud-ouest pour se jeter dans l'océan Atlantique. Le troisième grand fleuve africain, le Niger, en Afrique occidentale, est long d'environ 4 200 km ; son cours supérieur n'est navigable que pendant la saison des pluies. LeNiger, qui prend sa source sur le plateau du Fouta-Djalon, coule vers le nord et l'est en forma...

• Polen - geographie.

  Etwa 98 Prozent der Bevölkerung sind Polen. Die größten ethnischen Minderheiten sind Ukrainer und Weißrussen, zu den kleineren Gruppen gehören u. a. Slowaken,Tschechen, Litauer, Deutsche, Roma und Juden. Die Verstädterung hat seit dem Ende des 2. Weltkrieges zugenommen; mittlerweile leben 62 Prozent der Bevölkerung in Städten (2005). Obwohl die Bevölkerungvergleichsweise jung ist, nimmt das Durchschnittsalter ständig zu. Seit dem Ende der massiven Bevölkerungsverschiebungen in den ersten Jahren...

• Sydney (Australia) - geography.

  blocks in the eastern suburbs and around railway stations elsewhere; and homes on large lots in the outer suburbs, especially those to the northwest. For publichousing, the state government built a number of high-rise apartment blocks in run-down inner suburbs after World War II (1939-1945). These housing projects weresoon deemed unsuccessful and were discontinued because they fostered crime and other social problems. More recently, public housing has taken the form of separateor semidetached ho...

• 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,...

• China - geografía.

  permiten la ubicación de puertos naturales. Hacia el sur de las colinas de Nan Ling está la depresión del Xi Jiang, una zona montañosa de suelos poco fértiles; sin embargo,los numerosos arroyos de la región están bordeados por valles aluviales planos y fértiles. La amplia planicie deltaica del Zhu Jiang (río Perla) se conoce comúnmente comodelta de Cantón. 2.1. 6 La meseta Tibetana En el extremo suroeste de China está la alta meseta del Tíbet, enmarcada por montañas; es la meseta más elevada de...

• Iran - country.

  Zagros mountains. In the more arid central part of the country, wild pistachio and other drought-resistant trees grow in areas that have not been disturbed by humanactivity. Tamarisk and other salt-tolerant bushes grow along the margins of the Dasht-e Kavir. A wide variety of native mammals, reptiles, birds, and insects inhabit Iran. Many species of mammals—including wolves, foxes, bears, mountain goats, red mountainsheep, rabbits, and gerbils—continue to thrive. Others—including Caspian tigers,...

• New Mexico - geography.

  New Mexico’s major river is the Río Grande, originating in southern Colorado, and flowing southward for 760 km (470 mi) through the state. Between the San LuisValley and Española Valley the river flows in a deep canyon known as the Río Grande Gorge; then, below White Rock Canyon, it flows through several valleys containingagricultural land. Most of the water of the Río Grande is used to irrigate these valleys. The Río Grande’s waterflow in New Mexico is extremely low. One of the major tributarie...

• New Mexico - USA History.

  New Mexico’s major river is the Río Grande, originating in southern Colorado, and flowing southward for 760 km (470 mi) through the state. Between the San LuisValley and Española Valley the river flows in a deep canyon known as the Río Grande Gorge; then, below White Rock Canyon, it flows through several valleys containingagricultural land. Most of the water of the Río Grande is used to irrigate these valleys. The Río Grande’s waterflow in New Mexico is extremely low. One of the major tributarie...

• Ecuador - country.

  F Natural Resources Ecuador’s main mineral wealth is in petroleum. Other mineral resources of the country include gold, silver, copper, lead, and zinc. Forests cover 38.3 percent of thecountry. G Plants and Animals Along the northern part of the Ecuador coast, and within the inner portion of the southern coast, tropical jungles abound. In some places the jungles extend up theslopes of the Andes as wet, mossy forests. Dense forests cover both flanks of the Cordilleras, as well as the Oriente, u...

• Egipto - ficha de geographia.

  PIB por sector económicoPIB: agricultura 14,1% (2006) PIB: industria 38,4% (2006) PIB: servicios 47,5% (2006) Presupuesto nacionalIngresos públicos 25.969 millones de dólares (2006) Gastos públicos 28.892 millones de dólares (2006) Unidad monetaria1 libra egipcia = 100 piastrasExportacionesCrudo y derivados del petróleo, algodón en hilo y en rama, textiles, productos de metal, químicosImportacionesMaquinaria y equipos, alimentos, fertilizantes, productos de madera, bienes de equipo y artículos d...

• Égypte (fiche pays).

  1 livre égyptienne (EGP) = 100 piastresExportationspétrole brut et dérivés, coton brut, textile, produits métallurgiques, produits agricolesImportationséquipements industriels, machines et équipement de transport, denrées alimentaires, produits manufacturés de base, produits chimiquesPrincipaux partenaires à l'exportationÉtats-Unis, Italie, Israël, Allemagne, Pays-Bas, Grèce, FrancePrincipaux partenaires à l'importationÉtats-Unis, Allemagne, France, Australie, ArgentineIndustries et servicesagro...

• FICHE D'IDENTITE LEROY MERLIN

  1.1 CONTEXTE GEOGRAPHIQUE 1.1.1 Zone de chalandise La zone de chalandise est déterminée par des courbes isochroniques : - Zone primaire de 0 à 10 minutes à pieds ; - Zone secondaire de 10 à 20 minutes à pieds ; - Zone tertiaire de 20 à 30 minutes à pieds. 1.1.2 Analyse de la zone de chalandise Il existe deux sortes de clientèle dans la zone de chalandise. Les habitants fidélisée par « la carte maison » et les habitants qui n’on pas encore la carte de fidélité. La clientèle...

• précolombien, art - beaux-arts.

  indiscutablement attribués aux Olmèques. Ces deux derniers sites étaient d’ailleurs consacrés au culte du jaguar, divinité maintes fois représentée. 3. 2 La période classique Teotihuacan, les villes mayas, le centre zapotèque de Monte Albán et la culture classique de Veracruz ont vu naître les civilisations dominantes de l’ère classique. 3.2. 1 Teotihuacan La civilisation de Teotihuacan, à 40 km au nord-est de Mexico, a connu son apogée vers l’an 700 apr. J.-C. À cette époque, la ville c...

• Mesoamérica - historia.

  Entre el 5000 y el 3000 a.C. la agricultura como dedicación exclusiva reemplazó a la caza y la recolección en Mesoamérica, y la gente comenzó a vivir en pobladospermanentes. Algunas áreas con recursos naturales abundantes podían mantener poblaciones estables que no tenían que recurrir a la agricultura. Por ejemplo, en las tierrasbajas ribereñas del golfo de México y el océano Pacífico, la vida sedentaria se basaba en la pesca y el marisqueo. Algunas regiones montañosas —como el valle de México,m...

• Afganistán - geografía.

  vertido de residuos al mar y prohibición de realizar ensayos nucleares. 3 POBLACIÓN La población, predominantemente rural y estructurada en tribus y clanes que dominan todos los ámbitos de la vida, se divide en cuatro grandes grupos étnicos. Los pashto(o pashtunes) forman un 42% de la población total y se dividen en dos subgrupos: los duranios y los ghilzais. Los tayikos, de etnia iraní, componen el 27% de la población,y el resto en su mayoría se compone de uzbekos (9%) y hazaras (9%), además d...

• Andes - geography.

  smaller trees lies above the zone of rain forest. Among the smaller trees is found the wild cinchona, a source of quinine, a drug used to treat malaria. In the southernAndes, broadleaf and coniferous trees cover the lower slopes. Coniferous forests are found above 2,000 m (6,500 ft), and the timberline is generally about 3,000 m(about 10,000 ft) above sea level. Above the timberline are treeless highland meadows, but the high plateaus of the central Andes support only a sparse covering ofgrasses...

• Sept semaines d'exode massif au Kosovo

  tenaient les négociations de Rambouillet, la présence - dès janvier selon le Post - de paramilitaires comme les "tigres" d'Arkandans la région de Mitrovica, de Velika Hoca ou ailleurs, les "bérets rouges" de Franko Simatovic. Le départ, enfin, desvérificateurs de l'OSCE, qui franchirent la frontière macédonienne le 20 mars, sous les applaudissements des forces serbes. D'après un décompte effectué jeudi 6 mai par le Haut-Commissariat aux réfugiés de l'ONU (HCR), 875 000 Albanais duKosovo ont q...

• glacier 1 PRÉSENTATION glacier, importante masse de glace continentale, en mouvement, se formant dans les régions froides, en haute montagne ou à des latitudes élevées, là où la neige s'accumule et ne fond pas d'une année sur l'autre.

  divergent tout autour mais qui sont rarement longs, faute d'alimentation ; leur forme dépend de la topographie : glaciers de vallée et glaciers de piémont. 3.3 Les glaciers alpins Les glaciers de type alpin existent dans les montagnes du monde entier dès que celles-ci sont assez élevées pour conserver des neiges permanentes ; les différencesd'englacement dépendent des conditions climatiques zonales et régionales, des volumes de relief supérieurs à la limite des neiges permanentes, de la topogra...

• Polonia - geografía.

  Bialowieza, que cruza la frontera con Bielorrusia. Los lobos y el oso pardo viven en las montañas más altas, mientras que el alce y el ciervo son bastante numerosos en laszonas de lagos; urogallos, lagópodos y cigüeñas negras habitan en áreas de cereales, marismas y bosques. Los lagos del interior y los cursos fluviales mantienenconsiderables cantidades de peces. 2.6 Temas medioambientales A principios de la década de 1990, cuando Polonia surge como estado democrático libre e independiente, su...

• Asia - geography.

  the Himalayas, the world’s highest mountain system. The Pacific Ocean plate drifted westward, scraping along the Eurasian plate and slipping under its coastal edge. This created the islands of Japan, Taiwan, the Kurils, theRyūky ūs, and the Philippines. Southeast Asia lies at the intersection of the Eurasian, Pacific Ocean, and Indian Ocean plates. Over time the contact between these platescreated the mountain ranges of mainland Southeast Asia. The continued slow movement of the plates causes fr...