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Beginnings of German History  800, Karl der Grosse (Charlemagne), emperor in Aachen  Feudal system within a large number of principalities  No centralization.

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1 Beginnings of German History  800, Karl der Grosse (Charlemagne), emperor in Aachen  Feudal system within a large number of principalities  No centralization (compared to France or England

2 Middle Ages  Reign of dynasties (Wittelsbacher, Hohenstaufen, Welfs etc.) with the support of knights and vassals (aristocracy a warrior class)  Growth of towns, guilds, merchants  Beginnings of Prussia in 1226  1348-50 Black Death

3 Reformation  Johannes Gutenberg (ca. 1400-1468)  Martin Luther (1483-1546)  Ca. 1500 Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation (a patchwork of dynastic and ecclesiastical dynasties, governed by Karl V. of Spain and the Augsburg Fugger family)  1524-26 German peasants’ war

4 1600s-1800s  Thirty Years War (1618-1648)  Rise of Prussia in 18 th century  Ages of Absolutism, Enlightenment, and Industrialism  1806/1815 German Confederation  1848 German Revolution

5 Germany/Germanies/Germany  1871 German Unification under Otto von Bismarck  1914-1918 World War I  1918-1933 Weimar Republic  1933-1945 Third Reich/National Socialism  1949-1989 East and West G. (BRD & DDR)  1989- Federal Republic of Germany


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