Germany‚ a country rich in culture and heritage‚ yet plagued by the fallout of World War I and World War II‚ has progressed to become the centerpiece of the European Union and the world’s third richest economy. The first German Empire dates back to the Roman Empire starting in the 8th century AD. During the Middle Ages the German Empire fended off many attacks against their soil from the Hungarians and the Slavs. Fighting and power struggles continued until the 1400’s‚ when the modern world gradually
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Revolution. Why does Germany unify so late as a country? “Sonderweg” – special path (german) basically states that Germany deviated from other states‚ keeping the aristocracy dominant. This is thought to be deterministic‚ as the sole cause for their rise to power. Why would something like this lead toward Nazism? Why did the Germans unify so late? Germany in the 1500’s is Swiss cheese; there are thousands of divisions throughout the country. All of the states around Germany are practically established
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Giordano is a retailer of casual apparel with a significant market share in South East Asia comparing with its competitors. The company has successfully promoted its high quality customer service with the guarantee returnable terms as part of its competitive strategies at the same time with competitive market price for quality products. The company had manufacturing plants in the Mainland China and also sourcing from external suppliers for keeping its low cost and quality control and expands its
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CASE STUDY The Service Sector of Germany I. Table of Contents II. Abstract III. Introduction Germany has the largest population in the European Union with 84.5 inhabitants in January‚ 2010. The prosperous German economy attracts millions of immigrants from around the world as it is the third largest country in terms of immigration. Germany is bordered by Poland‚ Czech Republic‚ Austria‚ Switzerland
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The collapse of the democracy in Germany between 1928 and 1934 was not contributed by one single event but by a wide ranging‚ and large number of factors‚ making it vulnerable to sudden shock. In some ways‚ the complexity of contributing factors to the collapse of democracy can be depended on the shaky foundations‚ lack of a democratic tradition and flaws within the constitution. Like the article 48‚ it created opportunities for the corrupt high commands to abuse the democratic authority‚ the appointment
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Two nations arose from the ashes of the Third Reich‚ West Germany‚ the BDR‚ occupied by the Western members of the Allied powers‚ and East Germany‚ the GDR‚ occupied by the Soviet Union. As a result of conflicting ideals between East and West‚ the two Germany’s would develop separately until their eventual reunification at the end of the 20th century. It is an indisputable fact that German culture was forever changed as a result of the outcome of World War II‚ and the horrors perpetrated by Adolf
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GERMAN CULTURE WOMEN IN BUSINESS IN GERMANY I read this article of a German woman‚ and how the German culture has one of the widest gender wage caps on the continent. Millions of working mothers and sometimes fathers‚ have to make often difficult trade-offs when it comes to work and family‚ but labor experts says the calculus is especially harsh in Germany. The government and union leaders are creating a drag on female participation in the work force and‚ consequently‚ on economic growth. I think
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Italy and Germany were two newly united nations that emerged in 1871. The two regions that were to be unified shared much history together; ever since they were last united as one under the Holy Roman Empire. When the French Revolution and Napoleon came along‚ both Germanic and Italian states were affected in many ways. Napoleon began spreading his liberalist and nationalist influence in Italy with his Italian Campaign in 1796‚ which later spread to the Germanic states. After Napoleon¡¯s defeat‚
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3/25/12 Essay 3 The reunification of Germany in 1990 ushered in a new era for the German people. For 50 years since the end of World War II‚ Germany was divided both ideologically and geographically. West Germany‚ the former occupation zone of the British‚ American‚ and French forces‚ developed into a parliamentary democratic government with a free market economy. East Germany‚ the former occupation zone of the Soviet Union‚ developed into a one party state with a socialist economy. Ideologically
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the most obscure‚ most involved and most comprehensive problem in the whole of modern history". What makes Germanys ’ question so difficult to pinpoint is the fact that for all of its existence‚ until 1871 and again in 1990‚ it has struggled to unify a nation into a single state. As history shows‚ the German nation has struggled to create its own nation-state. Unlike France and Britain‚ Germany was a nation before it was a state. That is‚ its people had a strong sense of nationalism and common identity
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