Edited by Andrew Andersen

BRIEF HISTORY OF GERMANY AND AUSTRIA

CONTENTS

Ca 100 BC – 475 AD	EARLY GERMAN HISTORY By Andrew Andersen
476 - 911	FRANKISH EMPIRE: THE MEROVINGIANS & CAROLINGIANS (476-911) By Andrew Andersen
919 - 1125	THE HOLY ROMAN EMPIRE: THE SAXONS & SALIANS (919-1125) By Andrew Andersen
1138 - 1480	FROM THE HOHENSTAUFENS TO THE HABSBURGS / THE CRUSADES & "DRANG NACH OSTEN" (1138 - 1480) By Andrew Andersen
ca 1325 - 1863	CRISIS OF THE LATE 15th - EARLY 16th CENTURIES / REFORMATION AND COUNTER-REFORMATION (1480 - 1570) By Andrew Andersen
1618 - 1648	THE THIRTY YEARS' WAR (1618 - 1648)
1648 - 1789	GERMANY DURING THE ENLIGHTENED ABSOLUTISM / THE RISE OF PRUSSIA & AUSTRIA (1648 - 1789)
1789 - 1815	GERMANY DURING THE FRENCH REVOLUTION & NAPOLEONIC WARS  (1789 - 1815)
1815 - 1866	GERMAN CONFEDERATION (1815 - 1866)

1867 - 1918	THE GERMAN EMPIRE & AUSTRO-HUNGARY
1918	TERRITORIAL LOSSES AFTER WW I
1918 - 1933	WEIMAR REPUBLIC & AUSTRIA (1918-1933)
1934 - 1945	THE THIRD REICH & WW II (1934-1945)

1945	TERRITORIAL LOSSES AFTER WW 2;
1945 - 1990	GERMANY PARTITIONED

Oct. 1990	RE-UNIFICATION OF GERMANY
SPECIAL TOPICS

DRANG NACH OSTEN

By Ruth Williamson

HANSEATIC LEAGUE

By Rainer Postel

GERMAN COLONIES (1867-1918);

FRENCH-GERMAN TERRITORIAL STRIFE

GERMAN-POLISH TERRITORIAL STRIFE

TIROL

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