The region, as part of Lorraine, was part of the Holy Roman Empire, and then was gradually annexed by France in the 17th century, and formalized as one of the provinces of France. The Calvinist manufacturing republic of Mulhouse, known as Stadtrepublik Mulhausen, became a part of Alsace after a vote by its citizens on 4 January 1798. Alsace is frequently mentioned with and as part of Lorraine and the former duchy of Lorraine, since it was a vital part of the duchy, and later because German possession as the imperial province (Alsace-Lorraine, 18711918) was contested in the 19th and 20th centuries; France and Germany exchanged control of parts of Lorraine (including Alsace) four times in 75 years.

With the decline of the Roman Empire, Alsace became the territory of the Germanic Alemanni. The Alemanni were agricultural people, and their Germanic language formed the basis of modern-day dialects spoken along the Upper Rhine (Alsatian, Alemannian, Swabian, Swiss). Clovis and the Franks defeated the Alemanni during the 5th century AD, culminating with the Battle of Tolbiac, and Alsace became part of the Kingdom of Austrasia. Under Clovis' Merovingian successors the inhabitants were Christianized. Alsace remained under Frankish control until the Frankish realm, following the Oaths of Strasbourg of 842, was formally dissolved in 843 at the Treaty of Verdun; the grandsons of Charlemagne divided the realm into three parts. Alsace formed part of the Middle Francia, which was ruled by the youngest grandson Lothar I. Lothar died early in 855 and his realm was divided into three parts. The part known as Lotharingia, or Lorraine, was given to Lothar's son. The rest was shared between Lothar's brothers Charles the Bald (ruler of the West Frankish realm) and Louis the German (ruler of the East Frankish realm). The Kingdom of Lotharingia was short-lived, however, becoming the stem duchy of Lorraine in Eastern Francia after the Treaty of Ribemont in 880. Alsace was united with the other Alemanni east of the Rhine into the stem duchy of Swabia. What are the answers to this following set of questions: 1. What happened to Alsace during the decline of the Roman Empire?
2. Who were the Alemanni?
3. When was it taken over by the Kingdom of Austrasia?
4. who vanquished them?
5. What happened to the local population?
6. When did the Frank's rule end?
7. why did it end?
8. what happened to Alsace?
9. who ruled it?
10. who was he?
Answer: 1. it became a territory of Germanic Alemanni
2. an agricultural people
3. during the 5th century
4. Clovis
5. they were Christianized
6. 843
7. the Frankish Realm was dissolved
8. it formed part of middle Francia
9. Lothar 1
10. Charlemagne's youngest grandson

As his case meanders through the Bolivian justice system, an American businessman imprisoned there for a year without formal charges is finding support from a leading human rights advocate in the U.S. Congress.

Jacob Ostreicher, a 53-year-old flooring contractor from Brooklyn, New York, has been held at the notorious Palmasola prison in Santa Cruz, Bolivia, since June 2011 on suspicions of money laundering.

Ostreicher and his family have claimed from the beginning that he is innocent, and presented a judge what they say is evidence that all of the money invested in a rice growing operation came from legal sources. But repeated delays have kept him imprisoned.

The case is now getting more attention in Washington, as U.S. Rep. Chris Smith, a New Jersey Republican, has become a vocal advocate for him.

Smith traveled to Bolivia this week to meet with Ostreicher in prison and to accompany him to a hearing Monday.

At that hearing, the judge transferred the case to a higher court, a move likely to create further delays.

"Justice delayed is justice denied," Smith said in a statement. "Jacob has been cooperative, patient to the extreme. There is no evidence offered against him. The rule of law must prevail in Bolivia. Innocent people must have a path to justice. He must be released."

Ostreicher is nearly two months into a hunger strike to protest his imprisonment.

Smith reported that Ostreicher appeared "frail and anguished."

The lawmaker's trip follows a hearing last week before the Subcommittee on Africa, Global Health and Human Rights, which Smith chairs. What are the answers to this following set of questions: 1. Who is in jail?
2. How old is he?
3. What is his career?
4. Where is he from?
5. Where is he in jail?
6. Why?
7. Has he been charged?
8. Who is advocating for him?
9. Did the representative go to Bolivia?
10. Why?
11. And?
12. Where?
13. WHen?
14. Is Ostreicher eating well?
15. Why not?
Answer: 1. Jacob Ostreicher
2. 53
3. flooring contractor
4. Brooklyn
5. Palmasola
6. Money laundering.
7. No.
8. Chris Smith
9. Yes.
10. To meet him.
11. Accompany him
12. To a hearing.
13. Monday.
14. No.
15. He's doing a hunger strike.

(CNN) -- A man stranded after his car plunged down a steep embankment in the Angeles National Forest survived for six days by eating leaves and drinking water from a creek, authorities said Friday.

David J. Lavau, 67, of Lake Hughes, California, was found in a ravine a week after losing control of his car on a rural road and plunging 500 feet down an embankment into heavy brush, according to a report by the California Highway Patrol.

Lavau, who is partially disabled, told authorities that he spent the first night in his car.

"The next morning, he exited his vehicle and observed another vehicle adjacent to his own with a deceased male driver behind the wheel," the report said. "The deceased appeared to have been there for some time."

Authorities say they have not identified the dead driver.

The case began to unfold on September 23, when Lavau failed to return home.

Lavau's family began searching for him when he failed to return home, driving the route and stopping at all the curves in the road from Castaic to his home in Lake Hughes.

While Lavau's family searched for him, he "remained at the bottom of the hill surviving on leaves and water from a nearby creek," the report said.

Lavau's son, Sean, found his father after hearing "faint yells for help on the roadway from the canyon below," according to the report.

Sean Lavau hiked to the bottom of the canyon to find his father, the report said.

The Los Angeles County Fire Department rescued Lavau and his son from the ravine. Lavau was taken to an area hospital where he was treated for moderate injuries, the report said. What are the answers to this following set of questions: 1. What's the name of the man who was stranded?
2. How did he become stranded?
3. Where?
4. For how long was he stranded?
5. What did he eat during that time?
6. What did Lavau find next to his car?
7. What was inside it?
8. Is Lavau partially disabled?
9. Where is Lavau from?
10. How many feet did the car fall down?
11. What's the name of the area where it fell?
12. What's the name of Lavau's son?
13. How did he find his dad?
14. What did he do after hearing his dad?
15. Who eventually rescued him and his son?
16. How severe were his injuries?
17. Was the dead driver identified?
Answer:
1. David J. Lavau
2. lost control of his car
3. on a rural road
4. six days
5. leaves
6. another vehicle
7. a deceased male
8. yes
9. Lake Hughes, California
10. 500 feet
11. an embankment
12. Sean
13. He heard him yell
14. hiked to the bottom of the canyon
15. The Los Angeles County Fire Department
16. moderate
17. no