After that, for a prolonged period of over hundreds of years the information and learning of the Middle Ages sustained to originate from the departments that Charlemagne created. ... The western side of the Franconian Empire went to Karl the Bald and the eastern region of the Franconian Empire went to Ludwig the German. ... The land which was on the eastern side of above mentioned part was given to Louis and the western part of the Lothaire was handed over to Charles. ...

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The tension and interdependence of the concepts of the empire and nation state in 19th century Europe was founded on the basis of the power struggle and division of ideas, being both nationalistic and imperial, over what Europe represents and what it should aspire to become. Differences in ideology between ideas of empires and nations had also accounted for geo-political divides. It represents the individuality that some movements had sought to find and thus, resist from any form of imperial rule. The rise of nationalistic and nation-orientated movements and revolutions, in opposition to any f...

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Conventional long form: Federal Republic of Germany conventional short form: Germany local short form: Deutschland former: German Empire, German Republic, German Reich local long form: Bundesrepublik Deutschland Germany, the home of Oktoberfest, Mercedes Benz, and Dark Chocolate, i...

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Liberal parliamentarians had no problem with the idea of making the Prussian army bigger, however, as liberals, they hoped that the Prussian officer corps would eventually come to be dominated by the men of the Prussian middle class, rather than by the class of noble Junker land owners who traditionally made up the body of Prussian officers. ... Along with parliament's attempt to open the leadership of the Prussian army to the middle class, what was taking place in Prussia at this time was essentially an attempt by the parliament to assert itself against the power of the monarchy and the...

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