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Napoleon in Italy Battle of Bassano (3,5)
In 1796, at the height of the Revolutionary Wars, Napoleon Bonaparte took command of French forces in northern Italy. He was just 26 years old and had never commanded an army before. Within weeks ...
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The unlikely origins of Napoleon Bonaparte
If it could happen in France, it could happen anywhere. Vintage engraving of Napoleon Bonaparte at Auxonne, in the Cote-d'Or department in the Burgundy region of eastern France, 1788. From the ...
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Mummified animals Napoleon's scientists brought back from Egypt sparked a pre-Darwinian debate about evolution
In 1798, Napoleon Bonaparte brought a slew of savants ... The honoree, Lamarck, and the obituary’s writer, Cuvier, were both dead. When recognizing the death of a colleague Cuvier had ...
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PBS - Napoleon: The Man and the Myth
TULARD: From the very beginning Napoleon gave himself an image. He created his own history. From his first triumphs, Bonaparte understood that it’s not enough to win victories. He uses images to ...