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  • The House of Hohenzollern is a noble family and royal dynasty of Prince ... Social unrest at the end of World War I led to the German Revolution ...
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  • Maria Eleonora of Brandenburg (November 11, 1599 – March 28, 1655 ... him. Having a male heir was the main job of a Queen. There was, though ...
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  • a historic state originating in Brandenburg, an area that for centuries ... the new polity. Had Austria done so, instead of being excluded, history may ...
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  • smaller uprisings by the Prussians, one of the Baltic tribes, against ... The first uprising was supported by Polish duke ÅšwiÄ™topeÅ‚k II of ...
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  • order during the Middle Ages and much of the modern era. Formed at the end of the twelfth century in Acre, Palestine, the medieval ...
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  • ) (June 20, 1566 – April 30, 1632) was Grand Duke of Lithuania and ... the Swedish throne by his uncle, Charles IX of Sweden and a meeting of the ...
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  • The Hanseatic League (also known as the Hansa) was an alliance of ... waged war but favored peace. The making of war and peace was discussed ...
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  • sometimes Countess Dohna, was Queen regnant of Sweden from 1632 to 1654. She ... and his wife Maria Eleonora of Brandenburg. As the heiress presumptive ...
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  • jurist who served on the Supreme Court of the United States from 1902 ... opinions, and his deference to the decisions of elected legislatures, he is ...
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  • Wilhelm II ; Prince Frederick William Victor Albert of Prussia (January ... His role in World War I is debated by scholars. On the one hand, he ...
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  • and theologian who represented the revival of Scholasticism during the fifteenth ... Cajetan was Master General of the Dominican order, a Cardinal, and ...
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  • and versatile German composer and organist of the Baroque era, whose sacred ... much, writing, "The purpose and end aim of figured-bass is nothing more ...
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  • Nicolaus Copernicus (February 19, 1473 – May 24, 1543) was one of ... It has been equated it with the initiation of "the scientific revolution ...
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  • military leader and a leading member of the Nazi Party. Among many ... Goering was one of the central figures in the Nazi regime that was ...
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  • Wilhelmina (Wilhelmina Helena Pauline Marie of Orange-Nassau) (August ... was as capable as men in the daunting task of leading her nation through ...
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  • regime from 1933 to 1945. He was one of Adolf Hitler's closest ... Heidelberg University in 1921, on the basis of a doctoral thesis on eighteenth ...
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  • for his attempt to reconcile the criticisms of the Enlightenment with traditional ... Because of his profound effect on subsequent Christian thought, he ...
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  • Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, a country in ... federal republic, historically consisting of several sovereign states with ...
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  • The unification of Germany into a politically and administratively ... The self-interests of the various parties hampered the process over ...
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  • is the literal translation of empire)—refers to Germany in the years ... The policies pursued by Nazi Germany, based on the concept of Lebensraum ...
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