The borders of France from 1500-1700 look mostly the same. However their country had the biggest population at the time and was quite rich. How come they did not expand much during
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Simon Kuestenmacher en Twitter: "Map shows the evolution of France's borders from 481 until today. Source: https://t.co/bax6leo8B4 https://t.co/Z0Qx2RtIeI" / Twitter
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Uživatel Saudade na Twitteru: „That said, some of these positions make sense. The French Project has been two fold: Expanding to natural borders and the centralization of the state. And France, like
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