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Germania: A Captivating Guide to the History of a Region in Europe Where Germanic Tribes Dominated and How It Transformed into Germany
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Germany is a relatively young nation-state. United in 1871, it's even younger than the United States. However, the territories inhabited by the Germanic people have a rich history that reaches far back in prehistory and antiquity. Located in the heart of Europe, Germany witnessed centuries of conflicts, immigration, and negotiations. Consequently, its shape, size, and ethnicity changed throughout history. The territories which constitute Germany today were often war zones, and at times they would join forces against a common enemy or break apart due to internal conflicts. Because of these conflicts, Germany’s boundaries, as well as what it means to be German, fluctuated throughout history and, in some way, are still evolving. The region's long and troubled history influences its present, its politics, and its nationality.
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Germany is a relatively young nation-state. United in 1871, it's even younger than the United States. However, the territories inhabited by the Germanic people have a rich history that reaches far back in prehistory and antiquity. Located in the heart of Europe, Germany witnessed centuries of conflicts, immigration, and negotiations. Consequently, its shape, size, and ethnicity changed throughout history. The territories which constitute Germany today were often war zones, and at times they would join forces against a common enemy or break apart due to internal conflicts. Because of these conflicts, Germany’s boundaries, as well as what it means to be German, fluctuated throughout history and, in some way, are still evolving. The region's long and troubled history influences its present, its politics, and its nationality.
In A Captivating Guide to the History of a Region in Europe Where Germanic Tribes Dominated and How It Transformed into Germany , you will discover topics such as
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Published January 1, 2021
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January 7, 2021
Captivating History books are written, I think, for people like me who want a good overview of a subject without getting lost in minutiae. The books are generally short, but chock full of information. These offer information without a huge time commitment from the reader.
I'd read some of this information in Captivating History books about Charlemagne, the Anglo-Saxons, and other European points of view. The information about the Germanic tribes gives the reader another layer of understanding about the history discussed within these covers. What I'm trying to say is that the more history one reads, the more the reader matures in their understanding of the complex issues at stake in these wars and nation-building.
Thanks to this book, I finally found out how the Louis name became so prominent in French royalty before the French Revolution. I also found out that Louis the Pious was the first Louis and he was the King of the Franks and co-emperor with his father Charlemagne.
I've been doing genealogy for 40+ years and always wondered why close relatives living in relatively in close proximity, listed their country-of-origin as Prussia, Russia, Germany, or even Austria or Poland (depending on when they immigrated to America). Now, I see how that happened. Captivating History explains those complicated relationships clearly.
I'd read some of this information in Captivating History books about Charlemagne, the Anglo-Saxons, and other European points of view. The information about the Germanic tribes gives the reader another layer of understanding about the history discussed within these covers. What I'm trying to say is that the more history one reads, the more the reader matures in their understanding of the complex issues at stake in these wars and nation-building.
Thanks to this book, I finally found out how the Louis name became so prominent in French royalty before the French Revolution. I also found out that Louis the Pious was the first Louis and he was the King of the Franks and co-emperor with his father Charlemagne.
I've been doing genealogy for 40+ years and always wondered why close relatives living in relatively in close proximity, listed their country-of-origin as Prussia, Russia, Germany, or even Austria or Poland (depending on when they immigrated to America). Now, I see how that happened. Captivating History explains those complicated relationships clearly.
April 13, 2022
A Good Primer
Not going to earn you a Masters, but you’ll emerge from this read with a comprehensive “sense” of German history. Plenty of the passages exhibit bias that doesn’t belong in a history book - it’s more like an elder speaking to curious children in its tone - but there is s lot of valuable insight into the region and the nation’s history here if you’re a budding Germanophile, or a neophyte to Western European history and politics. Certainly worth a read, as it’s a quick and digestible one.
Not going to earn you a Masters, but you’ll emerge from this read with a comprehensive “sense” of German history. Plenty of the passages exhibit bias that doesn’t belong in a history book - it’s more like an elder speaking to curious children in its tone - but there is s lot of valuable insight into the region and the nation’s history here if you’re a budding Germanophile, or a neophyte to Western European history and politics. Certainly worth a read, as it’s a quick and digestible one.
April 11, 2022
Well written, but hard to cover 2000 years in such a small book. Very good for a beginning point, but such a brief history just touched on what was basically a series of constant wars. Will definitely read more German history so this was a good way to start.
November 12, 2024
This is a perfunctary, history for dummies version of a complex 2000 year period of German national developement. You cannot base your understanding of German history on summaries like this. If you are interested in history, read real history books!
January 18, 2021
A really good snapshot of European history spanning many centuries. If only we could have learned history like this when we were at school!
November 16, 2021
Good overview. Very general but that's what I was looking for.
February 26, 2026
There are better survey's German history out there. This one gets points for being short though the book is riddled with typos and inaccuracies. "Austrian Hamburg Emperor" p. 83 is my personal favorite. The writing itself is confusing as it schizophrenic in its writing; it starts to talk about a time, then and ends the sentience explaining how things ended but the next sentence will begin by talking time before the previous sentence. I had to check the publication date because I was sure this was AI, but no, it's not. It reads like it was written by a high school student, or a committee of them with zero editors. But, not 2026 high schoolers, not that bad, more like 90s high schoolers.
It is a quick read and if you know nothing, the couple days reading will help you fill in German history in that period before WWI going back to, pre-Rome. Which is nice. But then you will have to read other books to verify it and fill in all the missing pieces this short book left out. It goes from 50 AD to 1683 in 83 pages so it leaves a lot out.
This book is also has a liberal tilt which isn't bad unless you know what they are leaving out until the very end where this heap undue praise on Germany's failed communist policies of open borders and Angela Merkel.
It is a quick read and if you know nothing, the couple days reading will help you fill in German history in that period before WWI going back to, pre-Rome. Which is nice. But then you will have to read other books to verify it and fill in all the missing pieces this short book left out. It goes from 50 AD to 1683 in 83 pages so it leaves a lot out.
This book is also has a liberal tilt which isn't bad unless you know what they are leaving out until the very end where this heap undue praise on Germany's failed communist policies of open borders and Angela Merkel.
May 23, 2021
Not overly accurate!
This book was not accurate from the start of WW1.
Stated like , 'The Kaiser hated Britain is just wrong!
There are several other wrong statements in both the review s of the wars.
I was sadly disappointed with this book.
Brian Dingwall
This book was not accurate from the start of WW1.
Stated like , 'The Kaiser hated Britain is just wrong!
There are several other wrong statements in both the review s of the wars.
I was sadly disappointed with this book.
Brian Dingwall
March 11, 2022
Excellent history
The telling of German history in an easy to read and easy to understand format. I really enjoyed this as it was not bland and boring like most history books. I am excited to read more books from this series.
The telling of German history in an easy to read and easy to understand format. I really enjoyed this as it was not bland and boring like most history books. I am excited to read more books from this series.
September 4, 2024
The book is great, if you enjoy reading about history and culture, specifically Germanic history, I’d recommend you to read this book, very concise and straight to the point, it mostly encompasses the most important points in Germanic history.
April 7, 2021
Deutschland Sieg, Wish Deutschland
A good concise history of the Germanic people. Deutschland Sieg, Sieg Deutschland. Fuck the Russians. Eat shit and did France.
A good concise history of the Germanic people. Deutschland Sieg, Sieg Deutschland. Fuck the Russians. Eat shit and did France.
March 5, 2025
Muy bien libro. Un vistazo ordenado y resumido sobre la historia de alemania
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