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  1. 1Chapter 1. Early History
  2. 2Chapter 2. Medieval Germany
  3. 3Chapter 2. Medieval Germany - Continued (1)
  4. 4Chapter 3. The Protestant Reformation
  5. 5Chapter 4. The Thirty Years' War, 1618-48
  6. 6Chapter 5. The Age of Enlightened Absolutism, 1648-1789
  7. 7Chapter 6. The French Revolution and Germany
  8. 8Chapter 7. The German Confederation, 1815-66
  9. 9Chapter 8. Bismarck and Unification
  10. 10Chapter 9. Imperial Germany
  11. 11Chapter 9. Imperial Germany – Continued (1)
  12. 12Chapter 10. The Weimar Republic, 1918-33
  13. 13Chapter 10. The Weimar Republic, 1918-33 - Continued (1)
  14. 14Chapter 11. The Third Reich: Consolidation of Power
  15. 15Chapter 11. The Third Reich: Consolidation of Power - Continued (1)
  16. 16Chapter 12. Postwar Occupation and Division
  17. 17Chapter 12. Postwar Occupation and Division - Continued (1)
  18. 18Chapter 13. West Germany and the Community of Nations
  19. 19Chapter 14. The Ulbricht Era, 1949-71
  20. 20Chapter 15. The Social Democratic-Free Democratic Coalition, 1969-82
  21. 21Chapter 16. The Christian Democratic/Christian Socialist-Free Democratic Coalition, 1983
  22. 22Chapter 17. The Honecker Era, 1971-1989
  23. 23Chapter 18. Opening of the Berlin Wall and Unification

Johann Gutenberg

Johann Gutenberg in the 1450s invented the first movable type printing press, one of the most important inventions of its time.

Preface

This title reviews Germany and treats its dominant social, political, economic, and military aspects in a concise and objective manner.

The name Germany is used in three senses: first, it refers to the region in Central Europe commonly regarded as constituting Germany, even when there was no central German state, as was the case for most of Germany's history; second, it refers to the unified German state established in 1871 and existing until 1945; and third, since October 3, 1990, it refers to the united Germany, formed by the accession on this date of the German Democratic Republic (GDR, or East Germany) to the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG, or West Germany). The name Federal Republic of Germany refers to West Germany from its founding on May 23, 1949, until German unification on October 3, 1990. After this date, it refers to united Germany. For the sake of brevity and variety, the Federal Republic of Germany is often called simply the Federal Republic.

Text credit Tatyana Gordeeva, German Culture at

http://www.germanculture.com.ua.

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