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    History of Switzerland. Schweizerische Landesbibliothek The Swiss National Library. Swiss Archives of Contemporary History The Archives promotes historical research in Switzerland and is part of the Institut für Geschichte The Swiss Institute for History. Swiss History Comprehensive site about Swiss history from Prehistory to the 20th Century ...
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    Switzerland evolved over many centuries from a loose alliance of small self-governing towns and states to a fully-fledged federal state of 26 cantons. History Chronology and epochs of Switzerland by Presence Switzerland, an organization of the Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs. History of Switzerland Exhibition at the Swiss National ...
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    First, there was the three worlds model The origin of the terminology is unclear. In 1952 Alfred Sauvy, a French demographer wrote an article in the French magazine L'Observateur which ended by comparing the Third World with the Third Estate. "Ce Tiers Monde ignoré, exploité, méprisé comme le Tiers État" (this ignored Third World, exploited, scorned like the Third Estate).
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    Switzerland is located in a temperate climate zone that changes dramatically with altitude. South of the Alps, the weather quickly becomes Mediterranean. The climate is also milder near the great lakes, Lake Geneva and Lake Constance. Switzerland's natural resources. Switzerland has only limited natural resources.
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    France in brief Destination France, a Nations Online Project country profile of the "Grande Nation." France is located on the western edge of Europe, bordered by the Bay of Biscay (North Atlantic Ocean) to the west, by the English Channel to the northwest, and by the North Sea to the north. France borders Belgium and Luxembourg in the northeast, Germany, Switzerland, and Italy in the east, the ...
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    The city is the country's main commercial and cultural center and a major international financial hub (82 of 208 banking institutions in Switzerland have their headquarters in Zurich). The finance sector generates around a third of the wealth and a quarter of the jobs in the city.
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    Switzerland is a landlocked mountainous country in South Western Europe, bordered by Austria, France, Germany, Italy, and Liechtenstein. With an area of 41,285 km², the country is just slightly smaller than the Netherlands or almost twice the size of the US state of New Jersey. Switzerland has a population of 8.6 million people (in 2019). Spoken languages are German, French, Italian and ...
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    About Switzerland Map is showing Switzerland, a mountainous, landlocked country in central Europe with numerous lakes, villages and the high peaks of the Alps. The country shares international borders with Austria, France, Germany, Italy, and Liechtenstein. The national capital is Berne (Bern), largest city is Zurich.
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    HISTORICAL BACKGROUND Pre-modern hominid populations migrated to France during Paleolithic times, and between 30,000 and 10,000 years ago, modern humans left evidence of their presence in cave art. After 600 B.C. Greek and Phoenician traders operated along the French Mediterranean coast, while Celts migrated westward from the Rhine valley, settling the territory later called Gaul by the Romans.

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