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    The Continental Blockade (French: Blocus continental), or Continental System, was a large-scale embargo by French Emperor Napoleon I against the British...
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  • Continental Automotive Systems (CAS), founded in 1906 by Alfred Teves, a division of the German Continental AG, was a brake and electronics supplier to...
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    Continental is structured into six divisions: Chassis and Safety, Powertrain, Interior, Tires, ContiTech, ADAS (Advanced Driver Assistance Systems)....
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    Hadley v Baxendale from English common law system. Some countries where civil law is practiced includes: Continental Europe (except Andorra, including Armenia...
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    The Lincoln Continental is a series of mid-sized and full-sized luxury cars produced between 1939 and 2020 by Lincoln, a division of the American automaker...
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  • Look up continental or Continental in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Continental may refer to: Continental, Arizona, a small community in Pima County...
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    The five main groups are A (tropical), B (arid), C (temperate), D (continental), and E (polar). Each group and subgroup is represented by a letter....
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    economically through his Continental System, Napoleon launched an invasion of Portugal, the only remaining British ally in continental Europe. After occupying...
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    European nations, use the Continental Staff System which has origin in Napoleon's military. The Commonwealth Staff System, used by most of the Commonwealth...
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    return to Continental Europe later in 1807, when Napoleon decided to invade Portugal in order to compel Portugal to join the Continental System. A joint...
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    The Continental Divide of the Americas (also known as the Great Divide, the Western Divide or simply the Continental Divide; Spanish: Divisoria continental...
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  • German education system or continental education system is a higher education model, often contrasted with the Anglo-Saxon education system and the Scandinavian...
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    with Napoleon in the Treaty of Tilsit (1807) and joined Napoleon's Continental System. He fought a small-scale naval war against Britain between 1807 and...
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    Regiment (redirect from Regimental system)
    both. This is often contrasted to the "continental system" adopted by many armies. In the continental system, the division is the functional army unit...
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    criticized internationally. Britain's first response to Napoleon's Continental System was to launch a major naval attack on Denmark. Although neutral, Denmark...
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  • Continental philosophy is an umbrella term for philosophies prominent in continental Europe.[page needed] Michael E. Rosen has ventured to identify common...
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  • Continental Airlines (simply known as Continental) was a major airline in the United States that operated from 1934 until it merged with United Airlines...
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  • Miss Continental is an annual drag queen pageantry system founded in 1980 by Jim Flint. The pageant itself takes place at the Baton Show Lounge in Chicago...
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    The Bentley Continental GT is a grand touring car manufactured and marketed by the British company Bentley Motors since 2003. A two-door coupé or convertible...
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  • The Continental Early Warning System (CEWS) is a conflict early warning operation within the African Peace and Security architecture (APSA) of the African...
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  • present. Volleyball portal FIVB Senior Continental Rankings FIVB Youth and Junior World Rankings "FIVB World Ranking system". FIVB. Retrieved 21 December 2019...
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    by Napoleon Bonaparte, who established French hegemony over much of continental Europe at the beginning of the 19th century. It lasted from 18 May 1804...
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    A continental shelf is a portion of a continent that is submerged under an area of relatively shallow water, known as a shelf sea. Much of these shelves...
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    confiscation, along with all of its cargo. The goal of the so-called Continental System was to force Britain's government to the peace table by starving its...
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    Continental climates often have a significant annual variation in temperature (warm to hot summers and cold winters). They tend to occur in central and...
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    closure was a part of Napoleon's continuing efforts to establish the Continental System, strengthening economic ties between the different countries in Europe...
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    culminated in the Treaties of Tilsit, by which Russia agreed to join the Continental System against Great Britain and by which Prussia lost almost half of its...
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  • Continental drift is the hypothesis, originating in the early 20th century, that Earth's continents move or drift relative to each other over geologic...
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  • A continental union is a regional organization which facilitates pan-continental integration.[citation needed] Continental unions vary from collaborative...
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    The Continental C90 and O-200 are a family of air-cooled, horizontally opposed, four-cylinder, direct-drive aircraft engines of 201 in3 (3.29 L) displacement...
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