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Section size for History of Germany (120 sections)
Section name	Byte count		Prose size (words)
Section name	Header	Total	Header	Total
(Top)	6,461	6,461	847	847
Prehistory	79	19,573	0	823
Paleolithic and Neolithic ages	9,850	9,850	475	475
Bronze Age	6,113	6,113	170	170
Iron Age	3,531	3,531	178	178
Early history: Germanic tribes, Roman conquests, and the Migration Period	79	14,912	0	934
Early migrations, the Suebi and the Roman Republic	5,230	5,230	274	274
Roman settlement of the Rhine	4,474	4,474	313	313
Migration Period and decline of the Western Roman Empire	2,344	2,344	161	161
Stem duchies and marches	2,785	2,785	186	186
Middle Ages	102	49,247	0	3,656
Frankish Empire	9,580	9,580	655	655
Foundation of the Holy Roman Empire	3,532	3,532	279	279
Ottonian dynasty	4,013	4,013	349	349
Salian dynasty	4,385	4,385	289	289
Hanseatic League	3,235	3,235	301	301
Eastward expansion	5,351	5,351	471	471
Church and state	9,255	9,255	843	843
Towns and cities	4,274	4,274	318	318
Learning and culture	5,520	5,520	151	151
Early modern Germany	184	41,474	0	2,607
Social changes	7,784	7,784	374	374
Imperial reform	9,436	9,436	455	455
Protestant Reformation	4,650	4,650	559	559
Thirty Years' War, 1618–1648	4,049	4,049	428	428
Culture and literacy	4,869	4,869	363	363
Science	9,607	9,607	300	300
Colonies	895	895	128	128
1648–1815	16	27,178	0	2,504
Rise of Prussia	3,042	3,042	263	263
Wars	3,891	3,891	389	389
Enlightened absolutism	4,095	4,095	329	329
Smaller states	3,627	3,627	300	300
Social changes	1,686	1,686	84	84
Enlightenment	5,728	5,728	524	524
French Revolution, 1789–1815	1,619	5,093	218	615
French consulate suzerainty	1,300	1,300	152	152
Imperial French suzerainty	2,174	2,174	245	245
1815–1871	17	28,139	0	2,905
Overview	1,357	1,357	141	141
German Confederation	1,029	1,029	125	125
Society and economy	597	17,442	84	1,755
Population	1,064	1,064	137	137
Industrialization	3,343	3,343	212	212
Urbanization	487	487	74	74
Railways	2,902	2,902	250	250
Newspapers and magazines	1,375	1,375	135	135
Science and culture during the 18th and 19th century	3,788	3,788	351	351
Religion	3,886	3,886	512	512
Politics of restoration and revolution	76	8,294	0	884
After Napoleon	3,565	3,565	353	353
1848	1,085	1,085	108	108
1850s	565	565	75	75
Bismarck takes charge (1862–1866)	2,391	2,391	281	281
North German Confederation, 1866–1871	612	612	67	67
German Empire, 1871–1918	55	58,392	0	5,266
Overview	1,862	1,862	257	257
Bismarck era	705	23,988	83	2,276
The new empire	2,919	2,919	302	302
A federal empire	5,300	5,300	437	437
A three-class system: Aristocracy, middle class, and working class	6,169	6,169	541	541
Kulturkampf	5,582	5,582	499	499
Foreign policies and relations	3,313	3,313	414	414
Wilhelminian Era (1888–1918)	38	19,131	0	1,450
Wilhelm II	1,549	1,549	116	116
Alliances and diplomacy	6,382	6,382	648	648
Economy	6,130	6,130	514	514
Colonies	5,032	5,032	172	172
World War I	438	9,438	35	916
Causes	1,974	1,974	249	249
Western Front	1,958	1,958	181	181
Eastern Front	1,700	1,700	155	155
1918	1,119	1,119	117	117
Homefront	2,249	2,249	179	179
Revolution 1918–1919	3,918	3,918	367	367
Weimar Republic, 1918–1933	59	19,865	0	1,605
Overview	1,414	1,414	188	188
Treaty of Versailles	2,947	2,947	244	244
The early years	8,161	8,161	606	606
Economic collapse and end of the Republic, 1929–1933	3,611	3,611	310	310
Science and culture in 19th and 20th century	3,673	3,673	257	257
Nazi Germany, 1933–1945	2,000	17,441	210	1,830
Establishment of the Nazi regime	3,600	3,600	410	410
Antisemitism and the Holocaust	3,544	3,544	291	291
Military	1,496	1,496	121	121
Foreign policy	2,689	2,689	337	337
World War II	4,112	4,112	461	461
Germany during the Cold War, 1945–1990	1,853	41,323	168	3,811
Expulsion	2,010	2,010	111	111
Post-war chaos	8,726	8,726	659	659
East Germany	5,702	5,702	589	589
West Germany (Bonn Republic)	1,380	20,096	143	1,976
Economic miracle	2,051	2,051	185	185
1948 currency reform	3,323	3,323	376	376
Adenauer	1,274	1,274	142	142
Erhard	2,930	2,930	262	262
Grand coalition	719	719	66	66
Guest workers	2,136	2,136	143	143
Brandt and Ostpolitik	2,023	2,023	200	200
Economic crisis of 1970s	3,253	3,253	389	389
Kohl	1,007	1,007	70	70
Reunification	2,936	2,936	308	308
Federal Republic of Germany, 1990–present	9,029	15,448	709	1,213
German government response to the COVID-19 pandemic (2020-22)	2,284	2,284	215	215
Post-COVID period (Since 2022)	4,135	4,135	289	289
See also	703	703	0	0
Notes	24	24	0	0
References	28	14,411	0	0
Works cited	14,383	14,383	0	0
Further reading	21	19,647	0	4
Surveys	3,086	3,086	0	0
Medieval	1,067	1,067	0	0
Reformation	789	789	0	0
Early Modern to 1815	2,002	2,002	0	0
1815–1890	2,501	2,501	0	0
1890–1933	2,585	2,585	0	0
Nazi era	1,800	1,800	0	0
Since 1945	2,265	2,265	0	0
GDR	1,516	1,516	0	0
Historiography	2,015	2,015	4	4
Total	374,238	374,238	28,005	28,005

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