[1] Farawa da Clovis, shekaru 1,500 na yaƙi da diflomasiyya sun shaida cikar yawancin waɗannan manufofin. Yaƙi da sauran ƙasashen Turai ba koyaushe ana ƙaddara shi da waɗannan abubuwan ba, kuma sau da yawa masu mulkin Faransa suna faɗaɗa ikon nahiyar su fiye da waɗannan shingen, musamman a ƙarƙashin Charlemagne, Louis XIV, da Napoleon. [2] Waɗannan lokutan rikice-rikicen da ba su tsayawa ba sun kasance suna da ƙa'idodi da ƙa'idodi, amma duk suna buƙatar jagoranci mai ƙarfi don faɗaɗa mulkin Faransa.
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