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Intformation about France

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Populated since the Paleolithic era, the territory of metropolitan France was colonized by Celtic tribes called Gauls during the Iron Age. Rome annexed the region in 51 BC, leading to a distinct Gallo-Roman culture which laid the foundations of the French language. The Germanic Franks formed the Kingdom of Francia, which became the heart of the Carolingian Empire. The Treaty of Verdun of 843 divided the empire, with West Francia becoming the Kingdom of France in 987. During the High Middle Ages, France was a powerful but highly decentralized feudal kingdom. Philip II successfully strengthened royal power and defeated his rivals to double the size of the crown lands; by the end of his reign, France had become the most powerful state in Europe. From the mid-14th to mid-15th centuries, France was embroiled in a series of dynastic conflicts involving England, known collectively as the Hundred Years' War, and a distinct French identity emerged. The French Renaissance saw art and culture flourish, coming into conflict with the House of Habsburg and the creation of a global colonial empire, which by the 20th century would become the second largest in the world.[15] The second half of the 16th century was dominated by civil wars of religion between Catholics and Huguenots which seriously weakened the country. France again became the dominant power in Europe in the 17th century under Louis XIV after the Thirty Years' War.[16] Inadequate economic policies, unfair taxes, and frequent wars (including defeat in the Seven Years' War and costly involvement in the American Revolutionary War) left the kingdom in a precarious economic situation by the end of the 18th century. This precipitated the French Revolution of 1789, which overthrew the Old Regime and produced the Declaration of the Rights of Man, which expresses the nation's ideals to this day. France reached its political and military peak in the early 19th century under Napoleon Bonaparte, subduing much of continental Europe and establishing the First French Empire. The wars of the French Revolution and Napoleon shaped the course of European and world history. The collapse of the empire initiated a period of relative decline, during which France endured a tumultuous succession of governments until .