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1 day ago · The Anschluss ( German: [ˈʔanʃlʊs] ⓘ, or Anschluß, [1] [a] lit. 'joining' or 'connection' ), also known as the Anschluß Österreichs ( pronunciation ⓘ, English: Annexation of Austria ), was the annexation of the Federal State of Austria into the German Reich on 13 March 1938. [2]
1 day ago · Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche ( / ˈniːtʃə, ˈniːtʃi / NEE-chə, NEE-chee, [10] German: [ˈfʁiːdʁɪç ˈvɪlhɛlm ˈniːtʃə] ⓘ or [ˈniːtsʃə]; [11] [12] 15 October 1844 – 25 August 1900) was a German philosopher. He began his career as a classical philologist before turning to philosophy. He became the youngest person to hold the ...
1 day ago · Signature. Maximilian Karl Emil Weber ( / ˈveɪbər /; German: [ˈveːbɐ]; 21 April 1864 – 14 June 1920) was a German sociologist, historian, jurist, and political economist who was one of the central figures in the development of sociology and the social sciences more generally. His ideas continue to influence social theory and research .
5 hours ago · Peter I ( Russian: Пётр I Алексеевич, romanized : Pyotr I Alekseyevich, [note 1] IPA: [ˈpʲɵtr ɐlʲɪˈksʲejɪvʲɪtɕ]; 9 June [ O.S. 30 May] 1672 – 8 February [ O.S. 28 January] 1725), was Tsar of all Russia from 1682, and the first Emperor of all Russia, known as Peter the Great, [note 2] from 1721 until his death in 1725.
5 hours ago · Germany. / 52.517°N 13.383°E / 52.517; 13.383. Germany, [e] officially the Federal Republic of Germany, [f] is a country in the western region of Central Europe. It is the second-most populous country in Europe after Russia [g] and the most populous member state of the European Union.
1 day ago · Leo Tolstoy at age 20, c. 1848. Tolstoy was born at Yasnaya Polyana, a family estate 12 kilometres (7.5 mi) southwest of Tula, and 200 kilometres (120 mi) south of Moscow. He was the fourth of five children of Count Nikolai Ilyich Tolstoy (1794–1837), a veteran of the Patriotic War of 1812, and Princess Mariya Tolstaya (née Volkonskaya; 1790 ...
1 day ago · Roman bronze statuette representing a Germanic man with his hair in a Suebian knot. Dating to the late 1st century – early 2nd century A.D. The Germanic peoples were tribal groups who once occupied Northwestern and Central Europe and Scandinavia during antiquity and into the early Middle Ages. Since the 19th century, they have traditionally ...
