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  2. List of former sovereign states - Wikipedia

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    German Empire (1848–1849) North German Federation (1867–1871) German Empire (1871–1918) Weimar Republic (1918–1933) Nazi Germany (1933–1945) West Berlin (1948–1990), Western Bloc-aligned political enclave. German Democratic Republic (1949–1990) (also known as East Germany or GDR), its states acceded to Federal Republic of Germany ...

  3. 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 ...

  4. 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:

  5. Names of Germany - Wikipedia

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    The Arabic name for Austria النمسا an-Nimsā or an-Namsā appeared during the Crusades era, another possibility is that the term could have been known early by Arabs in Al Andalus, the reason behind calling Austria an-Nimsā, which should designate Germans is that Arabs considered Austria to be the nation of German people for a long time ...

  6. German colonial empire - Wikipedia

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    German colonial rule in Africa 1884–1914 was an expression of nationalism and moral superiority that was justified by constructing an image of the natives as "Other". German colonization was characterized by the use of repressive violence in the name of 'culture' and 'civilization'. Techniques included genocide in parts of Africa. [170]

  7. German colonization of Africa - Wikipedia

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    German urban areas were overcrowded because of a recent population boom. German officials felt that their people needed space to grow and prosper; the Germans faced a choice of decline through lack of space and loss of population (as many had already left for America), or expanding into new lands. [14]

  8. Egypt - Wikipedia

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    Egypt produces its own energy, but has been a net oil importer since 2008 and is rapidly becoming a net importer of natural gas. [211] Egypt produced 691,000 bbl/d of oil and 2,141.05 Tcf of natural gas in 2013, making the country the largest non-OPEC producer of oil and the second-largest dry natural gas producer in Africa. In 2013, Egypt was ...

  9. Otto Skorzeny - Wikipedia

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    In 1952, when Egypt was taken over by General Mohammed Naguib, Skorzeny was sent to Egypt the following year by former General Reinhard Gehlen (who was now working indirectly for the CIA) to act as Naguib's military adviser. Skorzeny recruited a staff made up of former SS and Wehrmacht officers to train the Egyptian army.