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Gerry Simpson distinguishes "Great Powers", an elite group of states that manages the international legal order, from "great powers", empires or states whose military and political might define an era. [2] The following is a list of empires that have been called great powers during the Middle Ages: China (throughout) [3] [4] Goguryeo, (400-668 ...
Map of the Kingdom of the Germans (regnum Teutonicorum) within the Holy Roman Empire, circa 1000The Kingdom of Germany or German Kingdom (Latin: regnum Teutonicorum 'kingdom of the Germans', regnum Teutonicum 'German kingdom', [1] regnum Alamanie "kingdom of Germany" [2]) was the mostly Germanic language-speaking East Frankish kingdom, which was formed by the Treaty of Verdun in 843.
By 1900, Germany was the dominant power on the European continent and its rapidly expanding industry had surpassed Britain's while provoking it in a naval arms race. Germany led the Central Powers in World War I, but was defeated, partly occupied, forced to pay war reparations, and stripped of its colonies and significant territory along its ...
Medieval Germany — the Middle Ages in the history of Germany See also the preceding Category:Germany in the Roman era and the succeeding Category:German Renaissance See also: Category:Franks
The name of this era of history derives from classical antiquity (or the Greco-Roman era) of Europe. Though, the everyday context in use is reverse (such as historians reference to Medieval China ). In European history, "post-classical" is synonymous with the medieval time or Middle Ages , the period of history from around the 5th century to ...
List of ancient great powers, a list of great powers before the year 500 AD. List of medieval great powers, a list of great powers after the year 400 to 1500. List of modern great powers, a list of great powers since the year 1500 to the present.
[citation needed] The great powers of Europe in the Early modern period were the result of a gradual process of centralization of power taking place over the course of the Middle Ages. [citation needed] The Early Middle Ages begin with a fragmentation of the former Western Roman Empire into "barbarian kingdoms".
The Southern states joined the federal state in 1870/71, which was consequently renamed the German Empire (1871–1918). The state continued as the Weimar Republic (1919–1933). Present-day Germany is a federal republic which combines the States of Germany.