Brief History Germany
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Germany, an independent country today existed as union of states mostly almost through the world history. The states of Germany battled against Napoleon’s army after the French Revolution. The 1st German Parliament was formed after the revolutions in 1848.
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After it won the war in the French-Prussian war in the year of 1871, Germany was unified as a country that pushed forward the phase of economical, political and defense advancements, which brought it at par to the powerful nations like the UK. The ideologies of Bismarck that dominated the politics in Europe were established in the 2 decades that followed.More...
History Of Berlin Germany
The name of Berlin appeared for the 1st time in the history in 1244 and it was merged with its sister town of Koln, both of which were founded around the onset of the thirteen century mainly for trade reasons as they had the right to use to the east west trade route naturally, through the Spree River.
It was founded after the resurgence of the Germanic tribe in the region, which was occupied by the Slavs after the Germanic tribe, had migrated to the west. Albert I the Bear, a Saxon, subdued the Slavs and his successors procured the title Margrave of the Mark of Brandenburg, which can still be seen as a bold black bear rearing up on its hind legs.More...
History Of Capital Punishment In Germany
Capital punishment has always been one of the worst kinds of punishment any nation can adopt. The early periods involved Beheading as well as hanging as the only two sorts of punishments since they were cheap and an easy method yet extremely painful. However, this was still considered less painful and hence, the Romans and Greeks looked out for other methods of punishment and came up with the idea of crucifying people.
Beheading was carried widely in Asia as well as Europe till the 20th century. Nations like Iran and Saudi Arabia still follow this practice. The practice was followed in Britain, Sweden, Norway, France, Germany and Denmark .These nation do not follow this practice presently.More...
Legal History Of Germany
Germany in the very beginning was under the rule of Hohenstaufen Empire and hence followed a very strong territorial and feudal law. In the thirteenth century, Germany compiled all the law in writing and the summary was used as a medium for further refinements. At the time when German law was emerging the Roman law got redesigned and reshaped due to which it started trying to get into the German lands.
The Roman law did achieve dominance only by the end of fifteenth century. Soon with the fall of Roman Empire the Germans started drafting their new legislation all over again. The German law had a combination of natural law and the codification movement.More...
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