Current Events > Poll: What do you think is the most interesting period in Germany history?

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I'd say probably the Nazi regime. Although, a lot of the history of the country is very interesting.
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When they were barbarians and fought Romans

It wasn't Germany yet.
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why'd you leave out the Holy Roman Empire
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MakoReizei posted...

why'd you leave out the Holy Roman Empire

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teepan95 posted...

MakoReizei posted...

why'd you leave out the Holy Roman Empire

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Genocet_10-325 posted...

teepan95 posted...

MakoReizei posted...

why'd you leave out the Holy Roman Empire

The period including Karlheinz Stockhausen, Kraftwerk, Einstrzende Neubauten, Faust, Can, Hans-Joachim Roedelius, Dieter Moebius, Popol Vuh, Neu!, Manuel Gttsching, Oskar Sala, etc.

masterbarf posted...

The period including Karlheinz Stockhausen, Kraftwerk, Einstrzende Neubauten, Faust, Can, Hans-Joachim Roedelius, Dieter Moebius, Popol Vuh, Neu!, Manuel Gttsching, Oskar Sala, etc.

So, the late 60's and most of the 1970s?
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Thompson posted...

So, the late 60's and most of the 1970s?

Neubauten is an 80s industrial band, and Stockhausen's electronic music goes back into the 50s.

SchoolForAnts posted...

Genocet_10-325 posted...

teepan95 posted...

MakoReizei posted...

why'd you leave out the Holy Roman Empire

Because all Sunhawk knows about anything is what hes read on wiki and probably doesnt even know the HRE existed lol
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Weimar is super interesting, but gets little study by the "history repeats itself" types.

ITT Germany started in 1871.
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Out of those topics, the German Empire, simply because of Bismarck. Man is a history book stalwart. If I could pick anything, I might pick something like the Sturm und drang period. Or the Reformation.
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Highwind07 posted...

MakoReizei posted...

why'd you leave out the Holy Roman Empire

Man that was what I asked him the last time that he made a topic about this.

The German states had a lot of influence in it IIRC.

I mean yeah Aachen was Charlemagnes imperial capital lol
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My personal favorite is Imperial German, but kind of hard to deny that the Nazi-era was the most fascinating overall.
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Sunhawk did you not take history class in grade school or what

Weimar. It shows the combination of circumstances and desire that can lead to a party like the NSDAP gaining control.
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SchoolForAnts posted...

Genocet_10-325 posted...

teepan95 posted...

MakoReizei posted...

warum hast du das Heiliges Rmisches Reich weggelassen

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teepan95 posted...

Alter, was haste das Heilige Rmische Reich nicht aufm Schirm

ftfy

The Germans literally were the only ones to defeat the Romans. Why would you not list that? You only used 6/10 options, not like you reach out if space
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Tyranthraxus posted...

The Germans literally were the only ones to defeat the Romans. Why would you not list that? You only used 6/10 options, not like you reach out if space

It is iffy to call hundreds of tribes "the Germans"... particularly because that's a Roman term for the region, that they never had any perception of being.

TarElessar posted...

teepan95 posted...

Alter, was haste das Heilige Rmische Reich nicht aufm Schirm

ftfy

wetten wir, jetzt wenn du gepostet hast wird er schnell wieder auftauchen
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wah_wah_wah posted...

Tyranthraxus posted...

The Germans literally were the only ones to defeat the Romans. Why would you not list that? You only used 6/10 options, not like you reach out if space

It is iffy to call hundreds of tribes "the Germans"... particularly because that's a Roman term for the region, that they never had any perception of being.

That's a literal stance to take. That's kind of like saying Dante Alighieri isn't Italian.
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The reason I said that Germany only existed from 1871 onwards is because...it's true. The region was originally a bunch of nation states, and further back still, an administrative district of the Holy Roman Empire. It wasn't actually a country until 1871, although I'm sure people will try and make out otherwise.
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MeIon Bread posted...

The reason I said that Germany only existed from 1871 onwards is because...it's true. The region was originally a bunch of nation states, and further back still, an administrative district of the Holy Roman Empire. It wasn't actually a country until 1871, although I'm sure people will try and make out otherwise.

Tyranthraxus posted...

That's a literal stance to take. That's kind of like saying Dante Alighieri isn't Italian.

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While the terms German and Italian have been around for a while, none of the people defined as either would have self identified as Germanic or Italian prior to the advent of nationalism and the events required to undo regional supremacy
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American history begins in 1776 yall.
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RebelElite791 posted...

American history begins in 1776 yall.

Oh a huge chunk of America mysteriously vanishes for about 5 years but comes back later.
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the Holy Roman Empire
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wah_wah_wah posted...

Tyranthraxus posted...

The Germans literally were the only ones to defeat the Romans. Why would you not list that? You only used 6/10 options, not like you reach out if space

It is iffy to call hundreds of tribes "the Germans"... particularly because that's a Roman term for the region, that they never had any perception of being.

However, they were ancestors of modern Germans. So its not really iffy

All European countries have an ancient history, it doesn't matter when their country got their 'modern' name.
There was the same people living in those same territories. I know this concept is hard to grasp for Americans

Lol snuhawk got so triggered by people insulting his intelligence he made a separate topic about it

@Tyranthraxus posted...

The Germans literally were the only ones to defeat the Romans. Why would you not list that? You only used 6/10 options, not like you reach out if space

What a historical dingus. They were not the only ones to beat the Romans in battle.

vocedelmorte posted...

wah_wah_wah posted...

Tyranthraxus posted...

The Germans literally were the only ones to defeat the Romans. Why would you not list that? You only used 6/10 options, not like you reach out if space

It is iffy to call hundreds of tribes "the Germans"... particularly because that's a Roman term for the region, that they never had any perception of being.

However, they were ancestors of modern Germans. So its not really iffy

They are also the ancestors of modern French, English, northern Italians, etc...

So are French German too?

MeIon Bread posted...

The reason I said that Germany only existed from 1871 onwards is because...it's true. The region was originally a bunch of nation states, and further back still, an administrative district of the Holy Roman Empire. It wasn't actually a country until 1871, although I'm sure people will try and make out otherwise.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingdom_of_Germany

"Germany" was a place before the German Empire. It just became increasingly decentralized until it was finally reunited again.
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I wonder if the people who are saying the HRE consider Czechs to be German.
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masterbarf posted...

Thompson posted...

So, the late 60's and most of the 1970s?

Neubauten is an 80s industrial band, and Stockhausen's electronic music goes back into the 50s.

his son Markus is also one of the best living trumpet players

josifrees posted...

While the terms German and Italian have been around for a while, none of the people defined as either would have self identified as Germanic or Italian prior to the advent of nationalism and the events required to undo regional supremacy

the people of Roman Italy definitely reffered to themselves as Italian, (though they mostly used the term "Latin") once in a while, usually in the context of thinking they're better than those damn dirty provincials.
most notably when the first non-Latin Emperor ascended the throne.
or the fact that only inhabitants of Italia (and a few colonies) held full citizenship as far as the 200's AD when it was extended to all free men in order to increase tax revenue by Emperor Caracalla.
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PowerfulSageIRL posted...

masterbarf posted...

Thompson posted...

So, the late 60's and most of the 1970s?

Neubauten is an 80s industrial band, and Stockhausen's electronic music goes back into the 50s.

his son Markus is also one of the best living trumpet players

I was not aware of this. I'll listen to him later though.

ChainedRedone posted...

@Tyranthraxus posted...

The Germans literally were the only ones to defeat the Romans. Why would you not list that? You only used 6/10 options, not like you reach out if space

What a historical dingus. They were not the only ones to beat the Romans in battle.

i assumed he meant "won the war", not just "won the battle",
that the Germanic tribes won cause the Romans stopped expanding north after Teutoberg.
it is still inaccurate, and mostly a question of how you define it.
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Irregardless posted...

I wonder if the people who are saying the HRE consider Czechs to be German.

Where was Charlemagnes Imperial capital
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ROBANN_88 posted...

i assumed he meant "won the war", not just "won the battle",

it's hard to pin the roman collapse on its conflict with just one faction

but if i did it'd definitely be the huns at the catalaunian plains.
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RebelElite791 posted...

Irregardless posted...

I wonder if the people who are saying the HRE consider Czechs to be German.

Where was Charlemagnes Imperial capital

It baffles scientists, as the landmass where the capital was wasnt invented until 1871
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ROBANN_88 posted...

ChainedRedone posted...

@Tyranthraxus posted...

The Germans literally were the only ones to defeat the Romans. Why would you not list that? You only used 6/10 options, not like you reach out if space

What a historical dingus. They were not the only ones to beat the Romans in battle.

i assumed he meant "won the war", not just "won the battle",
that the Germanic tribes won cause the Romans stopped expanding north after Teutoberg.
it is still inaccurate, and mostly a question of how you define it.

It would definitely be incorrect still since the Romans also abandoned plans to annex parts of Parthia (Hadrian abandoned the plans that Trajan had sought). Also, the picts kept the Romans out of Caledonia (mostly modern day Scotland).
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ChainedRedone posted...

ROBANN_88 posted...

ChainedRedone posted...

@Tyranthraxus posted...

The Germans literally were the only ones to defeat the Romans. Why would you not list that? You only used 6/10 options, not like you reach out if space

What a historical dingus. They were not the only ones to beat the Romans in battle.

i assumed he meant "won the war", not just "won the battle",
that the Germanic tribes won cause the Romans stopped expanding north after Teutoberg.
it is still inaccurate, and mostly a question of how you define it.

It would definitely be incorrect since the Romans also abandoned plans to annex parts of Parthia (Hadrian abandoned the plans that Trajan had sought)
Also, the picts kept the Romans out of Caledonia (mostly modern day Scotland)..

also can't forget the freaking Sack of Rome 393 BC.
you can make a case of Crassus loss in Parthia, but that depends on if you count that as one separate war, or just one piece of a more drawn out conflict over several years.
the loss of Dacia, in the 200s AD

though i am unsure if the Picts and Hadrian count as a loss by being beaten, there wasn't much value in conquering Scotland.
i've heard that it might have been an active choice to just not push forward, and simply maintain what they had.
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Weimar, with Nazi a close second.

Also lol @ people being pedantic af. He obviously asked about the nation of Germany. It's like if he posed the same question for the US and responding with when Natives first arrived
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ROBANN_88 posted...

you can make a case of Crassus loss in Parthia, but that depends on if you count that as one separate war, or just one piece of a more drawn out conflict over several years.

The Romans wrecked Parthia. It basically became a ritual for Roman Emperors with small penises to overcompensate by sacking the Parthian Capital, Ctesiphon. If you had something to prove, you sacked Ctesiphon. In the Crassus conflict, Romans eventually pushed the Parthians out. Trajan annexed for a short time most of western Parthia, including Mesopotamia but Hadrian abandoned those plans and pulled out.
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Blue_Dream87 posted...

Weimar, with Nazi a close second.

Also lol @ people being pedantic af. He obviously asked about the nation of Germany. It's like if he posed the same question for the US and responding with when Natives first arrived

Because as we all know, Germany just kinda appeared one day and theres definitely no history that happened before then
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My favorite period of German history is when Hitler rode a dinosaur
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