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    During the 16th century, Paris was the largest city in Europe, with a population of about 350,000 in 1550.[citation needed] The 16th century saw the Renaissance...
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    The 16th century began with the Julian year 1501 (represented by the Roman numerals MDI) and ended with either the Julian or the Gregorian year 1600 (MDC)...
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    The 16th arrondissement of Paris (le XVIe arrondissement; French pronunciation: [lə sɛzjɛm aʁɔ̃dismɑ̃]) is the westernmost of the 20 arrondissements of...
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  • state leaders in the 18th century See also: List of state leaders in the 16th-century Holy Roman Empire List of state leaders in 16th-century South Asia...
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  • publications in the 16th century. 1501 Italic type (cut by Francesco Griffo) is first used by Aldus Manutius at the Aldine Press in Venice, in an octavo...
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    In 16th-century Christianity, Protestantism came to the forefront and marked a significant change in the Christian world. During the age of discovery,...
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    Paris in the 18th century was the second-largest city in Europe, after London, with a population of about 600,000 people. The century saw the construction...
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    Paris in the 17th century was the largest city in Europe, with a population of half a million, matched in size only by London. It was ruled in turn by...
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    the development of art in Paris in the 16th and 17th centuries, particularly in sculpture and reliefs. Painting and sculpture became the pride of the...
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    Demographics of Paris Council of Paris Mayors of Paris Twin towns and sister cities of Paris Paris in the Middle Ages Paris in the 16th century Paris in the 17th...
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    16th century, contains furnished rooms from different periods of Paris history, historic objects, and a very large collection of paintings of Paris life;...
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    Paris, the capital of France, has an annual 30 million foreign visitors, and so is one of the most visited cities in the world. Paris' sights include...
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  • l'histoire moderne (in French) (2nd ed.). Brussels: Hauman – via HathiTrust. (+ via Google Books) Manuel chronologique (in French). Paris: Société pour la...
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    The high wages and abundance of available land seen in the late 15th and early 16th centuries were replaced with low wages and a land shortage. Various...
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    The city of Paris has notable examples of architecture from the Middle Ages to the 21st century. It was the birthplace of the Gothic style, and has important...
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    The earliest surviving manuscripts of the Septuagint (abbreviated as LXX meaning 70), an ancient (first centuries BCE) translation of the ancient Hebrew...
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    Burgundians and English soldiers. In the 16th century, Paris became the book-publishing capital of Europe, though it was shaken by the French Wars of Religion between...
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    The mines of Paris (French: carrières de Paris – "quarries of Paris") comprise a number of abandoned, subterranean mines under Paris, France, connected...
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    architectural style which emerged in France in 1140, and was dominant until the mid-16th century. The most notable examples are the great Gothic cathedrals of...
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  • Jacques Lacombe [in French] (1762). Abrégé chronologique de l'histoire de Suede [Short Chronological History of Sweden] (in French). Paris: Jean-Thomas Herissant...
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    including a 16th-century six-part tapestry suite, sewn with gold and silver threads representing sea divinities, which was commissioned in Paris for Colbert...
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    [otœj]) is the westernmost quarter of Paris, France, located in the 16th arrondissement, on the Right Bank. It is adjacent to Passy to the northeast (administratively...
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    (56 acres) in size, is one of two natural islands in the Seine, in central Paris. In the 4th century, it was the site of the fortress of the area governor...
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  • Empire Fermanagh Capital: Lisnaskea  France – Kingdom of France Capital: Paris  Gajapati – Gajapati dynasty, Odisha Capital: Cuttack  Garhwal – Kingdom...
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  • Colonization in the Seventeenth Century, Columbia University Press Andrade, Tonio (2008d), "Chapter 4: La Isla Hermosa: The Rise of the Spanish Colony in Northern...
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    The University of Paris (French: Université de Paris), known metonymically as the Sorbonne (French: [sɔʁbɔn]), was the leading university in Paris, France...
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    Chaillot (category 16th arrondissement of Paris)
    [ʃajo]) is a quarter of Paris, France, located in the 16th arrondissement, on the Right Bank. It is adjacent to Passy to the southwest (administratively...
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  • in Paris, France, within city limits. This list also includes suburban museums within the "Grand Paris" area, such as the Air and Space Museum. The sixteen...
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    Paris. It is served by Paris Métro stations Invalides, Varenne and La Tour-Maubourg The Musée de l'Armée was created in 1905 with the merger of the Musée...
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    Faubourg (category Neighborhoods in New Orleans)
    in terms of banlieue, which lead to similarities of many Ontarian and American suburbs. Faubourgs were prominent around Paris since the 16th century....
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