The Pocket Guide to World History

Georgian Architecture. 1714-1830. Palladian, 1720-60. Adam, 1760-1800. Regency, 1810-37. Often red brick with white trim. [Read more ...]

Gericault, Théodore. 1791-1824. French painter. First Romantic. Officers 1812. Raft of Medusa 1819. [Read more ...]

German Confederation. 1815-66. 39 states allied for mutual defence. Dominated by Austria. [Read more ...]

German Customs Union. Zollverein. [Read more ...]

German-Danish War. 1848. Danes gain Schleswig-Holstein. 1864. Danes lose S-H. [Read more ...]

German Democratic Republic. (GDR). 1949-90. East Germany. People’s Republic in Soviet mould. COMECON. Warsaw Pact. 1990 Germany. [Read more ...]

German East Africa. 1891 German protectorate. 1919 Tanganyika, Ruanda Urundi. [Read more ...]

German Movement. 18C Nationalist cultural movement. Lessing, Goethe, Schiller. [Read more ...]

German South-West Africa. 1884 Protectorate. 1892-1919 Colony. Namibia. [Read more ...]

German-Soviet Pact. 1939-41. Nonaggression agreement. Divided Poland, Baltic between USSR/Germany. Left Hitler free to invade Poland, starting WWII. [Read more ...]

Germany. HRE. 1806 Confederation of Rhine. 1815 German Confederation. 1818 Zollverein. 1866 -Austria =North German Confederation. 1871 German Empire. 1919 Weimar Republic. 1933 Third Reich. 1949 German Democratic Republic(E), Federal Republic of Germany(W). 1990 re-united. [Read more ...]

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