What was the long term significance of Napoleon in Europe?
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The Congress of Vienna met because of Napoleon...there was a long period of peace within Europe after that.  European countries were able to concentrate on internal affairs rather than the international ones, which would cause the revolutions in Greece/Germany or reforms in England.
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Yes, and yes.  \n\nCorrespondance de Napoléon Ier Tome V pièce n° 4287 du 17/07/1799..." \n\n"I hope the time is not far off when I shall be able to unite all the wise and educated men of all the countries and establish a uniform regime based on the principles of Qur'an which alone are true and which alone can lead men to happiness." \nhttp://www.cyberistan.org/islamic/quote2.html#napolean\n\nNapoleon had asked in his will to be buried on the banks of the Seine, but was buried on Saint Helena. In 1840, his remains were taken to France in the frigate Belle-Poule and entombed in Les Invalides, Paris. Hundreds of millions have visited his tomb since that date.\n\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Napoleon_I_of_France
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The French Revolution was a major turning point in European history.  The major socialist revolutions of the twentieth century in Russia, China and Cuba were inspired the French example. \n\nSome other consequences included:\n\nPower remained centralized anew, but the door was open for role of wealth and merit, not heritage to become important.\n\nCitizenship, political rights: emerging liberalism \n\nEmergence of bourgeoisie, as in England, points toward Industrial Revolution, and toward\n\nRise of nationalism: nation (people) as sovereign \n\nPower of people (sans-culottes): toward socialism\n\nI've included links with more information.
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The first European country with democratic idea(l)s was France. During the French Revolution from 1789 to 1799 the values "liberte" ((personal) freedom), "egalite" (equality) and "fraternite" (brotherhood) were the leading ideals in French society. Back then monarchy was brought to its fall and a new, democratic government was built. Unfortunately, one of the revolutions leaders, Robespierre, saw the only solution to bring the revolution to success in executing any possible "enemy" of it during his Reign of Terror. In the end, he was executed himself, the revolution failed, France ended up in monarchy again. The main problem was the extreme poverty among the people, the poor hoped through the revolution there would be less hunger and poverty, because the noblemen were killed and their properties taken, but with time passing they had to face the fact that they cannot make bread out of blood (I hope you know what I mean?)\nThe U.S.A. was the first country to successfully adopt the democratic ideals of the French Revolution and that, by the way, is the reason why France gave the Statue of Liberty with the torch of enlightenment to the U.S., the same torch is located in Paris as wyell. I hope I could help you a little... sorry for my English, I hope I used the right historical terms (I translated them literally from the German terms I know)
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http://www.courrierinternational.com/dessins/galeriedessin.asp?dos_id=2295&provenance=europe
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The EU will survive for a very long time. Its main objective is to eliminate borders and create a single European state. If this succeeds, considering that over half the world's military and political power rests in the European continent, it will survive for very, very long time.\n\nEurope is continent where the vast majority of inventions that changed our lives were created. It is the land of many achievements. It is a land of freedom, no matter what others will say. Europe is (and will be) the world's largest political, economical and social center. \n\nThings have always changed, yet Europe remained the same. Africa, Australia, America--all these were discovered and colonized by European travelers. Even though all of them are the daughters of Europe, they never achieved its greatness.\n\nEven though she has been ravaged by many wars, Europe survived. The conflicts she has seen are innumerable. We can't say that about any other continent. For example, the Romanian countries stand against the Ottoman Empire--they have kept it from advancing for half a millennium and rised above it in battle each and every time. How about the Serbians and the Bulgarians who fought wildly for their freedom?\n\nEurope is not a land of modern fascism, it is a symbol of democracy, something that the USA hasn't managed to remain.
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Napoleon practically had a European army. Hitler also came pretty close to having soldiers from all European countries in his armies.\n\nAt the moment the closest to a combined European army is joint operations. Already the Europeans share training facilities, equipment and airbases. \n\nThe European Union is still without a constitution but the last draft left military control to the individual countries in the union.\n\nThe main problem with a combined army will be the different military philosophies. The french always just want to surrender.
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Many Serbians, weary of Austrian domination were struggling for independence.  One of them, an articulate and intelligent student called Gavrilo Princip (odd name!) shot the Austrian Arch-Duke (was he the actual Austrian Kaiser? - I don't know).  I've read Princip's very well reasoned and expressed statement to the police after his arrest.\nThe existing system of international alliances clicked into action and Germany invaded France a little too eagerly, due to their arrogant little Kaiser, Wilhelm who wanted glory and had a bone to pick with the frogs anyway.  He lived in luxury to a ripe old age after the war in a palace in Holland, the little swine.
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That area were the Papal States. They were controlled by the Pope and under the protection of France.\n\nBut in 1870, Napoleon III lost the war against Prussia and wasn't able to protect the Pope anymore so the unified Italy could invade Rome.\n\nBy the way, the last area to join wasn't Rome but Trieste and Trento, taken from Austria after WW1.
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The 16th century is for Spain the "Golden Century", as the Spanish Empire was growing (Americas) and the country was rich thanks to America's gold and silver. Certainly the first power in Europe at the time, as Spain was ruling the Low Countries (Holland and Belgium now), +/- half of Italy, Austria (which means present Austria, Czech Republic, part of Hungary and Yugoslavia), parts of present France.\n\nHave a look at wikipedia, link below:
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Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte (15 August 1769 – 5 May 1821) was a general of the French Revolution; the ruler of France as First Consul (Premier Consul) of the French Republic from 11 November 1799 to 18 May 1804; then Emperor of the French (Empereur des Français) and King of Italy under the name Napoleon I from 18 May 1804 to 6 April 1814; and briefly restored as Emperor from 20 March to 22 June 1815.\n\nTo continue;;;;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Napoleon
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The Concert of Europe was essentially a system of international order starting in 1815 among four of Europe's leading powers: Britain, Austria, Russia, and Prussia.  You are correct that it was intended to stabilize europe after the French Revolution and also to prevent similar revolutions which threatened the monarchical governments of those four powers.  It also is sometimes thought of as an early "balance of power" arrangement designed to check France's power.
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It would be Europe, and I havn't heard that for a long time.
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Tough question....\nMuch of Europe, particularly in the north, was growing rapidly though industrialization.  This was an era of urbanization and more overland trade, as the railroads allowed for transport across the country, rather than just coastal towns shipping oversea.\nGermany was brought together for the first time as a unified entity, rather than just a collection of disparate principalities, setting the stage for big conflict in the 20th Century.\nIn southern and eastern Europe, the Ottoman Empire was in great decline, as was the Austro-Hungarian.  Both were supplanted by the growing influence and wealth of the English and French colonial empires, with resources from abrouad fueling finance and manufacturing at home.
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C'est une question \n\nL'Italie (italien : Italia) est un pays d'Europe méridionale. Située au centre de la mer Méditerranée, elle est isolée du reste du continent par le massif des Alpes.\n\nL'apport de l'Italie à la civilisation occidentale est immense : elle est notamment le berceau de l'Empire romain et de la Renaissance italienne. Existant en tant qu'État depuis la Réunification (1861), elle est aujourd'hui une démocratie parlementaire solide, membre fondateur de l'Union européenne. L'Italie reste un acteur majeur de la scène internationale, forte de ses soixante millions d'habitants, de la force de son économie (elle est la sixième puissance économique mondiale) et de son rôle au sein de nombreuses organisations internationales (OTAN, UE, G8).\n\nHistorique : Défaite à l'euro 2000 face à la France !!\n                   Défaite en septembre 3-1 face à la France !!
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"In late 1861, Napoleon III of France sent his troops to Mexico, supposedly to collect debts owed by a previous Mexican government. President Benito Juárez had agreed to pay these debts, but only in installments. The true goal of Napoleon III was to dispose of the Mexican Constitutional Government, set up a monarchy favorable to France, and then expand control to Central and South America.\n\nNapoleon III's troops occupied the port city of Veracruz on December 8, 1861. The expedition's true goal soon became apparent."\n\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Puebla\n\nhttp://www.historychannel.com/tdih/tdih.jsp?category=general&month=10272957&day=10272970
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The original Napoleonic Code, or Code Napoléon (originally called the Code civil des français, or civil code of the French), was the French civil code, established at the behest of Napoléon I. It entered into force on March 21, 1804. Even though the Napoleonic code was not the first legal code to be established in a European country with a civil legal system — it was preceded by the Codex Maximilianeus bavaricus civilis (Bavaria, 1756), the Allgemeines Landrecht (Prussia, 1792) and the West Galician Code, (Galicia, then part of Austria, 1797) — it is considered the first successful codification and strongly influenced the law of many other countries.\n\nThe Napoleonic Code, formally said, dealt only with civil law issues, such as filiation and property; other codes were later published dealing with criminal law, criminal procedure and commercial law. It also did not deal with how laws and regulations were to be passed — which is reserved for a constitution.\n\nThe Code, with its stress on clearly written and accessible law, was a major step in establishing the rule of law.