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  • German Unification 1815–71

    German Unification 1815–71

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    German Unification 1815–71

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    The experience of collective subjection under Napoleonic rule awakened a spirit of German nationalism for long dissipated in the dynastic patchwork quilt of the Holy Roman Empire. After liberation, the establishment of a Customs Union (1834) and a common rail network have been described as the ‘Siamese Twins’ facilitating the... More
  • Germania 150 CE

    Germania 150 CE

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    Germania 150 CE

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    The Rhine and Danube rivers had become the effective borders between Roman governed territory of Germania and the multiplicity of Teutonic tribes that were dispersed across northern Europe. Over the two centuries that followed the shocking attack by the Cherusci tribe on the Roman army in the Teutoberg Forest (9... More
  • Germans in East Central Europe c. 1900

    Germans in East Central Europe c. 1900

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    Germans in East Central Europe c. 1900

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    The eastward settlement (Ostsiedlung) by Germans became pronounced in Medieval times, and was often through invitation of local rulers who valued their industry, skills and martial prowess. Colonies in 12th-century Transylvania and Carpathian Galicia originated in this manner, and Catherine the Great solicited the influx of the Volga Germans. The... More
  • Germany 1990

    Germany 1990

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    Germany 1990

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    Germany’s partition occurred through Allied negotiation at the end of World War II. The East came under Soviet control, with further partition of the city of Berlin into Western and Eastern Zones of occupation. From 1985, Mikhail Gorbachev introduced liberalizing policies of glasnost (openness) and perestroika (restructuring) designed to avert... More
  • Gettysburg 2 July 1863

    Gettysburg 2 July 1863

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    Gettysburg 2 July 1863

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    Overnight on 1–2 July, the remaining infantry of both the Union and Confederate armies reached the embattled troops at Gettysburg. The Union lines were now arrayed in a ‘fish hook’ formation on high ground to the south of Gettysburg, running from Culp’s Hill to Cemetery Ridge. The Confederate attack commenced... More
  • Gettysburg 3 July 1863

    Gettysburg 3 July 1863

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    Gettysburg 3 July 1863

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    The fulcrum of the Battle of Gettysburg was the Confederate infantry assault on the Union left flank on the afternoon of 3 July. It was preceded by an artillery bombardment on the Union lines, but the Confederates were by now short of munitions, and Union gunnery was not significantly degraded.... More
  • Gettysburg I July 1863

    Gettysburg I July 1863

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    Gettysburg I July 1863

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    In June 1863, General Robert E. Lee, commander of the Confederate Army of North Virginia, invaded the North through the Shenandoah after defeating Union forces at Chancellorsville. By doing so, he sought to allow war-ravaged Virginia time to recuperate, while his armies foraged in northern territory, striking towards the cities... More
  • Ghana and Mali Empires c. 1000–1350

    Ghana and Mali Empires c. 1000–1350

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    Ghana and Mali Empires c. 1000–1350

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    From its foundation in the 4th century, the Ghana Empire grew into a prosperous regional power, owing its wealth to its position between gold-rich lands to the south and incoming Berber and Arab salt traders. The king imposed taxes on commodities traded within the empire, which grew to incorporate the... More
  • Ghaznavid Empire c. 1000

    Ghaznavid Empire c. 1000

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    Ghaznavid Empire c. 1000

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    The sacking of the temple of Somnath (1026), with its ‘56 golden pillars’ was perhaps the most lucrative of Mahmud of Ghazni’s (r. 997–1030) many looting raids into India. The Ghaznavid Empire had been founded by his father, Sebuktigin, a Turkic slave soldier for the Samanid dynasty, who seized a... More
  • Global Exploration 1000–1673

    Global Exploration 1000–1673

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    Global Exploration 1000–1673

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    The Franciscan monk, William of Rubruck, travelled to the Great Khan’s court in Karakorum from 1252 to 1255. This was not a ground-breaking journey; several missionaries preceded him, and at the court he encountered a French silversmith, and a woman from Lorraine doing the cooking. Until the 15th century, it... More
  • Global Naval Engagements 1793–1815

    Global Naval Engagements 1793–1815

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    Global Naval Engagements 1793–1815

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    Admiral Linois was no Horatio Nelson. While the hero of Trafalgar was kissing Hardy, the Frenchman was rounding the Cape with his ‘battle fleet’; after spending three years sailing the length and breadth of the Indian Ocean he had failed to capture a single vessel, or win a single battle... More
  • Glorieta Pass 26–28 March 1862

    Glorieta Pass 26–28 March 1862

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    Glorieta Pass 26–28 March 1862

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    The Battle of Glorieta Pass has been described, hyperbolically, as the ‘Gettysburg of the West’. A Confederate victory would leave their way open to Fort Union, the key federal stronghold, and, even more crucially, the depot for Union stores: Confederate General Sibley badly needed to resupply. On 25 March, an... More