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Friedrich List Georg Friedrich List ![]() Friedrich List (6 August 1789 – 30 November 1846) was a German economist with dual American citizenship[2] who developed the "National System", also known as the National System ![]() [...More...] | "Friedrich List" on: Wikipedia Yahoo Parouse |
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Slave Trade The history of slavery spans many cultures, nationalities, and religions from ancient times to the present day. However the social, economic, and legal positions of slaves were vastly different in different systems of slavery in different times and places.[1] Slavery ![]() Slavery can be traced back to the earliest records, such as the Mesopotamian ![]() Mesopotamian Code of Hammurabi ![]() Code of Hammurabi (c. 1860 BC), which refers to it as an established institution, and it was common among ancient peoples.[2] Slavery ![]() Slavery is rare among hunter-gatherer populations, because it is developed as a system of social stratification.[3][4] Slavery ![]() Slavery was known in the very first civilizations such as Sumer Sumer in Mesopotamia which dates back as far as 3500 BC, as well as in almost every other civilization [...More...] | "Slave Trade" on: Wikipedia Yahoo Parouse |
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Rheinische Zeitung The Rheinische Zeitung ![]() Rheinische Zeitung ("Rhenish Newspaper") was a 19th-century German newspaper, edited most famously by Karl Marx. The paper was launched in January 1842 and terminated by Prussian state censorship in March 1843. The paper was eventually succeeded by a daily newspaper launched by Karl Marx ![]() Karl Marx on behalf of the Communist League ![]() Communist League in June 1848, called the Neue Rheinische Zeitung ![]() Neue Rheinische Zeitung ("New Rhenish Newspaper").Contents1 Publication history1.1 Background 1.2 Establishment 1.3 Suppression 1.4 Legacy2 See also 3 Footnotes 4 Employees and writers of the Rheinische ZeitungPublication history[edit] Background[edit] The city of Cologne ![]() Cologne (Köln) has long been the most important urban center of the region of Germany ![]() Germany known as Rhineland [...More...] | "Rheinische Zeitung" on: Wikipedia Yahoo Parouse |
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Hamburg Hamburg ![]() Hamburg (English: /ˈhæmbɜːrɡ/; German: [ˈhambʊɐ̯k] ( listen); locally: [ˈhambʊɪ̯ç] ( listen)), Low German/Low Saxon: Hamborg [ˈhambɔːç] ( listen), officially the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg ![]() Hamburg (German: Freie und Hansestadt Hamburg),[5] is the second-largest city of Germany ![]() Germany as well as one of the country's 16 constituent states, with a population of roughly 1.8 million people. The city lies at the core of the Hamburg Metropolitan Region ![]() Hamburg Metropolitan Region which spreads across four German federal states and is home to more than 5 million people. The official name reflects Hamburg's history as a member of the medieval Hanseatic League, a free imperial city of the Holy Roman Empire, a city-state and one of the 16 states of Germany. Before the 1871 Unification of Germany, it was a fully sovereign state [...More...] | "Hamburg" on: Wikipedia Yahoo Parouse |
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Europe Europe ![]() Europe is a continent located entirely in the Northern Hemisphere ![]() Northern Hemisphere and mostly in the Eastern Hemisphere. It is bordered by the Arctic ![]() Arctic Ocean to the north, the Atlantic Ocean ![]() Atlantic Ocean to the west, and the Mediterranean Sea to the south. It comprises the westernmost part of Eurasia. Since around 1850, Europe ![]() Europe is most commonly considered as separated from Asia ![]() Asia by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus ![]() Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian and Black Seas, and the waterways of the Turkish Straits.[5] Though the term "continent" implies physical geography, the land border is somewhat arbitrary and has moved since its first conception in classical antiquity [...More...] | "Europe" on: Wikipedia Yahoo Parouse |
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United States Senate Majority (50) Republican (50)Minority (49) Democratic (47) Independents (2) caucusing with the DemocratsVacant (1) Vacant (1)Length of term6 yearsElectionsVoting systemFirst-past-the-post; nonpartisan blanket primary with a majoritarian second round in 3 states.Last electionNovember 8, 2016 (34 seats)Next electionNovember 6, 2018 (33 seats)Meeting placeSenate chamber United States ![]() Unite [...More...] | "United States Senate" on: Wikipedia Yahoo Parouse |
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Paris 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. 2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once. Paris Paris (French pronunciation: [paʁi] ( listen)) is the capital and most populous city in France, with an administrative-limits area of 105 square kilometres (41 square miles) and an official population of 2,206,488 (2015).[5] The city is a commune and department, and the heart of the 12,012-square-kilometre (4 [...More...] | "Paris" on: Wikipedia Yahoo Parouse |
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Leipzig Leipzig ![]() Leipzig (/ˈlaɪpsɪɡ/; German: [ˈlaɪptsɪç]) is the most populous city in the federal state of Saxony, Germany. With a population of 582,277 inhabitants[3] (1.1 million[4] residents in the larger urban zone)[1] it is Germany's tenth most populous city.[5][6] Leipzig ![]() Leipzig is located about 160 kilometres (99 mi) southwest of Berlin ![]() Berlin at the confluence of the White Elster, Pleisse, and Parthe Parthe rivers at the southern end of the North German Plain. Leipzig ![]() Leipzig has been a trade city since at least the time of the Holy Roman Empire.[7] The city sits at the intersection of the Via Regia and Via Imperii, two important medieval trade routes [...More...] | "Leipzig" on: Wikipedia Yahoo Parouse |
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Augsburg Augsburg ![]() Augsburg (German pronunciation: [ˈʔaʊ̯ksbʊʁk] ( listen); Austro-Bavarian: Augschburg) is a city in Swabia, Bavaria, Germany. It was a Free Imperial City ![]() Free Imperial City for over 500 years, and is notable for the Augsburg ![]() Augsburg Confession. It is a university town and home of the Regierungsbezirk ![]() Regierungsbezirk Schwaben and the Bezirk Schwaben. Augsburg ![]() Augsburg is an urban district and home to the institutions of the Landkreis Augsburg [...More...] | "Augsburg" on: Wikipedia Yahoo Parouse |
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German Language No official regulation ( German orthography ![]() German orthography regulated by the Council for German Orthography[4]). Language ![]() Language codesISO 639-1 deISO 639-2 ger [...More...] | "German Language" on: Wikipedia Yahoo Parouse |
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Railway Rail transport ![]() Rail transport is a means of transferring of passengers and goods on wheeled vehicles running on rails, also known as tracks. It is also commonly referred to as train transport. In contrast to road transport, where vehicles run on a prepared flat surface, rail vehicles (rolling stock) are directionally guided by the tracks on which they run. Tracks usually consist of steel rails, installed on ties (sleepers) and ballast, on which the rolling stock, usually fitted with metal wheels, moves [...More...] | "Railway" on: Wikipedia Yahoo Parouse |
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Cologne Cologne ![]() Cologne (English: /kəˈloʊn/; German: Köln, pronounced [kœln] ( listen), Ripuarian: Kölle [ˈkœɫə] ( listen)) is the largest city in the German federal State of North Rhine-Westphalia ![]() North Rhine-Westphalia and the fourth most populated city in Germany ![]() Germany (after Berlin, Hamburg, and Munich). It is located within the Rhine-Ruhr ![]() Rhine-Ruhr metropolitan region which is Germany's largest and one of Europe's major metropolitan areas. Cologne ![]() Cologne is about 45 kilometres (28 mi) southwest of North Rhine-Westphalia's capital of Dusseldorf ![]() Dusseldorf and 25 kilometres (16 mi) northwest of Bonn. Cologne ![]() Cologne is located on both sides of the Rhine, near Germany's borders with Belgium ![]() Belgium and the Netherlands [...More...] | "Cologne" on: Wikipedia Yahoo Parouse |
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Deutsche Bundespost The Deutsche Bundespost ![]() Deutsche Bundespost (German federal post office) was a German state-run postal service and telecommunications business founded in 1947. It was initially the second largest federal employer during its time. After staff reductions in the 1980s, the staff was reduced to roughly 543,200 employees in 1985 [...More...] | "Deutsche Bundespost" on: Wikipedia Yahoo Parouse |
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Karl Marx Karl Marx[6] (/mɑːrks/;[7] German: [ˈkaɐ̯l ˈmaɐ̯ks]; 5 May 1818 – 14 March 1883) was a German philosopher, economist, historian, political theorist, sociologist, journalist and revolutionary socialist. Born in Trier Trier to a middle-class family, Marx studied law and Hegelian philosophy. Due to his political publications Marx became stateless and lived in exile in London, where he continued to develop his thought in collaboration with German thinker Friedrich Engels ![]() Friedrich Engels and publish his writings. His best-known titles are the 1848 pamphlet, The Communist ![]() Communist Manifesto, and the three-volume Das Kapital [...More...] | "Karl Marx" on: Wikipedia Yahoo Parouse |
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England England ![]() England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom.[6][7][8] It shares land borders with Scotland Scotland to the north and Wales ![]() Wales to the west. The Irish Sea ![]() Irish Sea lies northwest of England ![]() England and the Celtic Sea ![]() Celtic Sea lies to the southwest. England ![]() England is separated from continental Europe ![]() Europe by the North Sea to the east and the English Channel ![]() English Channel to the south [...More...] | "England" on: Wikipedia Yahoo Parouse |
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Adam Müller Adam Heinrich Müller (30 June 1779 – 17 January 1829; after 1827 Ritter von Nitterdorf) was a German publicist, literary critic, political economist, theorist of the state and forerunner of economic romanticism.Contents1 Biography1.1 Early life 1.2 Career2 Positions and theories2.1 Romanticist 2.2 Economics3 Writings 4 Notes 5 References 6 External linksBiography[edit] Early life[edit] Müller was born in Berlin. It was intended that he should study Protestant theology, but from 1798 he devoted himself in Göttingen to the study of law, philosophy, and natural science. He was a student of Gustav Hugo. Returning to Berlin, he was persuaded by his friend Friedrich von Gentz to take up political science. He had early formed a close intimacy with Gentz, his elder by 15 years; and this connection exercised an important influence both on his material circumstances and his mental development in after life [...More...] | "Adam Müller" on: Wikipedia Yahoo Parouse |