Many chose to stay in continental Europe.

Previously, technical progress had mainly come from mainland Europe.

England Louis brought his wife and queen, Marie Joséphine, from mainland Europe in 1808.

Napoleon's Continental System nearly ruined the Central European economy.

Touraine has gained popularity in Latin America as well as in continental Europe.

The world's oldest amusement park appeared in the Continent.

In 1806, while in Berlin, Napoleon Bonaparte declared the Continental System, a blockade forbidding British imports into continental Europe.

In Europe, the centre of the alabaster trade today is Florence, Italy.

In continental Europe, the Ring of O is widespread among BDSM practitioners.

The majority of the population lives in areas with a temperate maritime climate (North Western Europe and Central Europe), a Mediterranean climate (Southern Europe), or a warm summer continental or hemiboreal climate (Northern Balkans and Central Europe).

It is the third largest island in Europe and the twentieth largest island on Earth.

Finding their position in mainland Europe precarious, they crossed to England in 330 ships in two divisions.

Due to its central location within Germany and Europe, Frankfurt is a major air, rail and highway transport hub.

Its maritime borders consist of the Arctic Ocean to the north, the Atlantic Ocean to the west, and the Mediterranean, Black, and Caspian Seas to the south.

It is driest in the east and warmest in the south, which is closest to the European mainland.

The later half of the Victorian age roughly coincided with the first portion of the Belle Époque era of continental Europe and the Gilded Age of the United States.

This linked England more closely with continental Europe through the introduction of a Norman aristocracy, thereby lessening Scandinavian influence.

Summers are warmest in the south east of England, being closest to the European mainland, and coolest in the north.

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Vesuvius is the only active volcano in mainland Europe and is most famous for the destruction of Pompeii and Herculanum.

Although Elgar is often regarded as a typically English composer, most of his musical influences were not from England but from continental Europe.

A plan between May and July 1550 to smuggle her out of England to the safety of the European mainland came to nothing.

Louis XVIII was forced once again to leave Jelgava when Alexander of Russia informed him that his safety could not be guaranteed on continental Europe.

However, in South America and mainland Europe they have been extremely popular for many years, especially in Germany and Greece.

It is closer to continental Europe than any other part of mainland Britain, divided from France only by a sea gap, the English Channel.

Lieven Bauwens, having smuggled the industrial and factory machine plans out of England, introduced the first mechanical weaving machine on the European continent in 1800.

Context The designation Mainland Portugal is used to differentiate the continental territory of Portugal from its insular territory.

Held for the first time in 1874, it is considered to be the toughest cross country horse race in continental Europe.

Continental Europe was now, Wilhelm wrote, consolidating and closing itself off from British influences after the elimination of the British and the Jews!

The surface zone, also called the mixed layer, refers to the uppermost density zone of the ocean.

Free University of Berlin , often abbreviated as FU Berlin or simply FU ) is a renowned research university located in Berlin and one of the most prominent universities in Germany.

Geology The geological structure of Poland has been shaped by the continental collision of Europe and Africa over the past 60 million years, on the one hand (and the other), by the Quaternary glaciations of northern Europe.

In the British regimental system, the tactical regiment or battalion is the basic functional unit and its commanding officer more autonomous than in continental systems.

Philip had a son from a previous marriage, and was heir apparent to vast territories in Continental Europe and the New World.

We used to ridicule continental drift. It was something we laughed at.

Halley termed this process continental weathering .

In fact coming back to the land mass Africa is so big that you could fit in the continental United States, China, and the entire Europe into Africa, and still have space.

(Leibniz's notation and differential Method , nowadays recognised as much more convenient notations, were adopted by continental European mathematicians, and after 1820 or so, also by British mathematicians.

The Allies experienced mixed fortunes in mainland Asia.

Climate The climate in Armenia is markedly continental.

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The President of Madrid is the supreme representative of the community and the ordinary representation of the State.

Climate Neuquén has an arid climate, with of precipitation per year.

Although by the 20th century coverture had been abolished in the UK and the US, in many continental European countries married women still had very few rights.

Extinction Extinction from mainland Australia The thylacine is likely to have become near extinct in mainland Australia about 2,000 years ago, and possibly earlier in New Guinea.