Moreover Germany can trace its origins very far back into ancient times during the decline of the Roman Empire. The first documented reference to Germany was written around 100 AD, by Roman scholars when they referenced the northern territory east of Gaul, as Germania. ... Out of this came the first German empire, or, the first Reich, with a reigning king known as Kaiser Wilhelm I, and his powerful military chancellor Otto Von Bismarck. ... Comprised of Roman Law and elements of Germanic law that developed during the period of the 1st Reich, Germany's civil law system is quite innovati...

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A skilled diplomat or an oppurtunitist, which term best described Bismarck's style of leadership between 1871-1890? Bismarck, who was mainly known as the Iron Chancellor", was both, a skilled diplomat and an oppurtunitist in his chancellor years 1871-1890. "Bismarck was a Machiavellian and immora...

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