President of the French Republic is elected to a five-year term in a two-round election under Article 7 of the Constitution.
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Significance. The barbarian kingdoms marked the transition from Late Antiquity to the Early Middle Ages in the 6th and 7th centuries, gradually replacing the Roman system of government on the lands of the Western Roman Empire, notably in the two western prefectures of Gaul and Italy.
10) <span>The Battle of Tours determined that Europe would be under Christian influence rather than Muslim.
11) </span><span>The printing press allowed information and ideas to be widely and expensively distributed.</span>
The Velvet Revolution took place in Czechoslovakia in November and December 1989. Velvet in the name is a reference to its peaceful character.
It was a part of series of changes in Eastern Europe at the time.
