REGISTRATION FOR THIS CLASS IS CLOSED.
The course will begin with Rome's conquest of one-third of modern Germany. The rise of Charlemagne saw him form the basis for the Holy Roman Empire (First Reich) in 800 AD. The medieval years witnessed Germany splinter into 300 political entities, abated by the rise of a unified France. Bismarck finally unified Germany (Second Reich) but the country's defeat in World War I and the resultant payment of reparations coupled with the Great Depression of 1929 set conditions for Hitler's election. The murderous Third Reich saw Germany totally defeated in World War II and the stage was set for the founding of today's Federal Republic.
