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  2. List of alternative country names - Wikipedia

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    Socialist Republic of Vietnam (official, English), An Nam (former name in other foreign languages and central Vietnam under French colonization), Champa (historical kingdom), Đại Việt (historical kingdom), Giao Chỉ (former Chinese province or vassal kingdom), French Indochina (former name under French colonization when united with Laos ...

  3. Egypt–Germany relations - Wikipedia

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    The EgyptianGerman cultural agreement, signed in 1959, is the major framework which organizes EgyptianGerman cultural relations. [6] Egypt and Germany also signed two agreements in 1979 and 1981 on scientific and cultural cooperation between the two countries. EgyptianGerman cultural cooperation is characterized in the following:

  4. Names of Germany - Wikipedia

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    Detwiler, Donald S. Germany: A Short History (3rd ed. 1999) 341pp; Germany A Short History Archived 31 December 2011 at the Wayback Machine; by Donald S. Detwiler; Fulbrook, Mary. A Concise History of Germany (2004) Maehl, William Harvey. Germany in Western Civilization (1979), 833pp; Ozment, Steven. A Mighty Fortress: A New History of the ...

  5. German colonial empire - Wikipedia

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    The German states prior to 1870 had retained separate political structures and goals, and German foreign policy up to and including the age of Otto von Bismarck (1815–1898; in office as Prussian Foreign Minister from 1862 to 1890) concentrated on resolving the "German question" in Europe and on securing German interests on the continent.

  6. Otto Skorzeny - Wikipedia

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    He also allegedly supplied the names and addresses of German scientists working for Egypt and the names of European front companies supplying military hardware to Egypt. [2] No confirmed source can explain Skorzeny's motives for working with Israel, but he may have craved adventure and intrigue and feared assassination by Mossad. [2]

  7. Former countries in Europe after 1815 - Wikipedia

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    The German empire was the first unified, centralized German nation, created after the North German victory in the Franco-Prussian War. It was also a colonial empire, with territories outside of Europe. Greece (Kingdom) 1832 1924 Greece, Turkey: Greece (4th of August Regime) 1936 1941 Greece, Turkey: Greece (Kingdom) 1944 1974 Greece, Turkey

  8. List of predecessors of sovereign states in Europe - Wikipedia

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    Federal Republic of Germany (West Germany) (1949–1990), West Berlin (1949–1990), Saar Protectorate (1947–1956) (French protectorate) and German Democratic Republic (East Germany) (1949–1990) Federal Republic of Germany (1990–present) (Modern Germany is a continuation of the Federal Republic, it is not a successor state) Greece

  9. History of Germany - Wikipedia

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    The Franco-German friendship became the basis for the political integration of Western Europe in the European Union. In 1998–1999, Germany was one of the founding countries of the eurozone. Germany remains one of the economic powerhouses of Europe, contributing about 1/4 of the eurozone's annual gross domestic product.