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The territorial evolution of Germany in this article include all changes in the modern territory of Germany from its unification making it a country on 1 January 1871 to the present although the history of "Germany" as a territorial polity concept and the history of the ethnic Germans are much longer and much more complex.
After the dissolution of the Holy Roman Empire in 1806, the German-speaking territories of the empire became allied in the German Confederation (1815–1866), a league of states with some federalistic elements. After the Austro-Prussian War, Prussia led the Northern states into a federal state called the North German Confederation (1867
The unification of Germany (German: Deutsche Einigung, pronounced [ˈdɔʏtʃə ˈʔaɪnɪɡʊŋ] ⓘ) was a process of building the first nation-state for Germans with federal features based on the concept of Lesser Germany (one without Habsburgs' multi-ethnic Austria or its German-speaking part).
The unification of Germany was achieved under the leadership of the Chancellor Otto von Bismarck with the formation of the German Empire in 1871. The new Reichstag, an elected parliament, had only a limited role in the imperial government. Germany joined the other powers in colonial expansion in Africa and the Pacific.
The Neanderthal (named after its initial site of discovery, the Neandertal valley) emerges in Europe. [3] ~45,000 BP Homo sapiens first appears in Europe (sometimes called EEMH or Cro-Magnon). [4] [5] [6] 35,000–45,000 BP The Venus of Hohle Fels is made. [7] >32,000 BP The Löwenmensch figurine is made. [8] ~23,000 BP The Venus of Willendorf ...
Germany's dominance in physics and chemistry was such that one-third of all Nobel Prizes went to German inventors and researchers. The German cartel system (known as Konzerne), being significantly concentrated, was able to make more efficient use of capital. Germany was not weighted down with an expensive worldwide empire that needed defense.
Map of the North German Confederation. Prussia with its provinces are shown in blue.. The North German Confederation (German: Norddeutscher Bund ⓘ) [1] was initially a German military alliance established in August 1866 under the leadership of the Kingdom of Prussia, which was transformed in the subsequent year into a confederated state (a de facto federal state) that existed from July 1867 ...
It is the second-most populous country in Europe after Russia, and is seventh-largest country by area in the continent. The area of Germany ranked 63rd and covers 357,600 km 2 (138,070 sq mi), consisting of 349,250 km 2 (134,846 sq mi) of land and 8,350 km 2 (3,224 sq mi) of waters, smaller than Japan but larger than Republic of the Congo.