Germanic peoples


Germanic peoples include not only those of Germany, but Austria, much of Switzerland, the Netherlands, and Belgium. These are for here and now divided according to the modern nations.	Sapience Home Site map About Sapience Sociology Peoples Western Civilization

Germanic peoples include not only those of Germany, but Austria, much of Switzerland, the Netherlands, and Belgium. These are for here and now divided according to the modern nations.

Germany

More detail is available for Germany as a nation.

Austria

c. 2000 -1500 BC Approximate period of spread of Indo-European speaking peoples into Europe, Northern Middle East, and India.
c. 768 - 814 CE. Charlemagne conquers much of Western Europe and in 800 CE is crowned as Holy Roman Emperor.
1794 - 1824 Beethoven composes music known for its exceptional merit.
1799-1815 CE. Napoleon becomes emperor of France and attempts to conquer Europe, but is defeated. Numerous colonies in other parts of the world change posession.
1856 - 1869 Mendel establishes foundations of genetics.
1895 - 1898 Freud publishes work on psychoanalysis and dream interpretation.
1905 Freud publishes his theories of sexuality and its influence on psychological development.
1913 - 1930 Freud extends his psychoanalytic theories to the study of society.
c. 1915-1918 CE. World War I, the "Great War" changes the modern world.
c. 1930s CE. Great Depression, principally in the United States and Europe.
c. 1938 - 1945. World War II. Germany under the rule of Hitler and Japan attempt military conquest of Europe and Asia. England, the United States led by Roosevelt, and Russia (the USSR) under Stalin are the chief opponents and combine to defeat Germany and Japan.
c. 1945 - 1953 Stalin establishes USSR as a major world power, and begins a largely ideological struggle with the United States and allies known as the "Cold War"
1989 "Velvet revolution", comparatively nonviolent collapse of Communist governments in Eastern Europe, symbolized by removal of Berlin wall.

Netherlands

c. 2000 -1500 BC Approximate period of spread of Indo-European speaking peoples into Europe, Northern Middle East, and India.
c. 768 - 814 CE. Charlemagne conquers much of Western Europe and in 800 CE is crowned as Holy Roman Emperor.
1674 - 1723 Leeuwenhoek uses microscope to discover and study insects, protozoa, and bacteria
1799-1815 CE. Napoleon becomes emperor of France and attempts to conquer Europe, but is defeated. Numerous colonies in other parts of the world change posession.
c. 1915-1918 CE. World War I, the "Great War" changes the modern world.
c. 1930s CE. Great Depression, principally in the United States and Europe.
c. 1938 - 1945. World War II. Germany under the rule of Hitler and Japan attempt military conquest of Europe and Asia. England, the United States led by Roosevelt, and Russia (the USSR) under Stalin are the chief opponents and combine to defeat Germany and Japan.
c. 1945 - 1953 Stalin establishes USSR as a major world power, and begins a largely ideological struggle with the United States and allies known as the "Cold War"
c. 1960 - 1963. Kennedy is elected US President, and leads the US in various Cold War incidents and conflicts.

Belgium

c. 2000 -1500 BC Approximate period of spread of Indo-European speaking peoples into Europe, Northern Middle East, and India.
c. 768 - 814 CE. Charlemagne conquers much of Western Europe and in 800 CE is crowned as Holy Roman Emperor.
1799-1815 CE. Napoleon becomes emperor of France and attempts to conquer Europe, but is defeated. Numerous colonies in other parts of the world change posession.
c. 1915-1918 CE. World War I, the "Great War" changes the modern world.
c. 1930s CE. Great Depression, principally in the United States and Europe.
c. 1938 - 1945. World War II. Germany under the rule of Hitler and Japan attempt military conquest of Europe and Asia. England, the United States led by Roosevelt, and Russia (the USSR) under Stalin are the chief opponents and combine to defeat Germany and Japan.
c. 1945 - 1953 Stalin establishes USSR as a major world power, and begins a largely ideological struggle with the United States and allies known as the "Cold War"
c. 1960 - 1963. Kennedy is elected US President, and leads the US in various Cold War incidents and conflicts.

Switzerland

c. 2000 -1500 BC Approximate period of spread of Indo-European speaking peoples into Europe, Northern Middle East, and India.
c. 768 - 814 CE. Charlemagne conquers much of Western Europe and in 800 CE is crowned as Holy Roman Emperor.
1536 - 1560, Calvin becomes a leading figure in the Protestant reformation.
1727-1783. Euler becomes a prolific mathematician and introduces concepts and notation now fundamental in intermediate-level mathematics.
c. 1915-1918 CE. World War I, the "Great War" changes the modern world.
c. 1930s CE. Great Depression, principally in the United States and Europe.
c. 1938-1945. World War II, with Germany under rule of Hitler as chief aggressor, Russia (USSR) under Stalin as one of principal opponents
c. 1945 - 1953 Stalin establishes USSR as a major world power, and begins a largely ideological struggle with the United States and allies known as the "Cold War"
c. 1960 - 1963. Kennedy is elected US President, and leads the US in various Cold War incidents and conflicts.


History The prehistory of Germanic peoples is not well known, and their origins in antiquity are especially obscure, even with the help of modern archaeology and linguistics. They appear in classical and medieval times and interacted significantly with the Latin peoples of the Roman empire. In modern times, these were not principally seafaring nations and had less influence overseas than the Anglic or Latin peoples, but they were highly significant in European continental development. Their future has not yet been well examined.
Other Sociology The investigation of Germanic peoples requires some consideration of other peoples of the world, communities, and social structure and change. Institutions Religion is significant. Particular traditions have been influential. Abrahamic religion including Judaism have been important. Christianity including old Christianity, Catholicism, Orthdoxy, Protestantism, and Mormonism can be connected. Islam can be connected. In modern times, secularism has become important. Pagan religion and asiatic religion have been influential. Religious organization, practice, and beliefs will be important. Government, including government activities, and structure, and law has also been important. Particular governments including international government, national government, and local government can be connected. Economics, including industries, activities, systems, and companies is also useful. Education including schools, educational organization, cultural institutions, teaching, and research can be considered. Families including particular families, kinship, parenting, and marriage are also significant. Culture Behavioral culture including cultural events, recreation and entertainment, occupations, and customs is significant. Conceptual culture, including philosophy, applied science, mathematics, literature, graphics, and language is significant. Material culture including miscellaneous artifacts, communication techology, transportation technology, clothing and dress, foodstuffs, building technology, and industrial technology can be considered. Anthropology, including applications of social foundations such as social presentation, social interaction, social group behavior, and social group types wll be needed. Particular groups can be connected. Human geography involves principally European geography. Human ecology including the effects of people on the environment, relations with other life, and the effecs of the environment on people can be connected. Physical anthropology including human dispersion, racial variation, and human origins can be connected. Demography including population change, population size and structure, births, marriage, and deaths can be connected. In Personal studies, the human body and psychology are less directly useful than biography. Major historic figures include: Gutenberg Einstein Luther Marx Leeuwenhoek Hitler Beethoven Heisenberg Mendel Planck Otto Freud Roentgen Bach Kepler Euler Charlemagne Aquinas Science is for the most part indirectly useful in investigating the Germanic peoples. Physics and chemistry are less useful than astronomy, earth science, and biology.

The prehistory of Germanic peoples is not well known, and their origins in antiquity are especially obscure, even with the help of modern archaeology and linguistics. They appear in classical and medieval times and interacted significantly with the Latin peoples of the Roman empire. In modern times, these were not principally seafaring nations and had less influence overseas than the Anglic or Latin peoples, but they were highly significant in European continental development. Their future has not yet been well examined.

Other Sociology

The investigation of Germanic peoples requires some consideration of other peoples of the world, communities, and social structure and change.

Institutions

Religion is significant. Particular traditions have been influential. Abrahamic religion including Judaism have been important. Christianity including old Christianity, Catholicism, Orthdoxy, Protestantism, and Mormonism can be connected. Islam can be connected. In modern times, secularism has become important. Pagan religion and asiatic religion have been influential. Religious organization, practice, and beliefs will be important.

Government, including government activities, and structure, and law has also been important. Particular governments including international government, national government, and local government can be connected.

Economics, including industries, activities, systems, and companies is also useful. Education including schools, educational organization, cultural institutions, teaching, and research can be considered. Families including particular families, kinship, parenting, and marriage are also significant.

Culture

Behavioral culture including cultural events, recreation and entertainment, occupations, and customs is significant. Conceptual culture, including philosophy, applied science, mathematics, literature, graphics, and language is significant. Material culture including miscellaneous artifacts, communication techology, transportation technology, clothing and dress, foodstuffs, building technology, and industrial technology can be considered.

Anthropology, including applications of social foundations such as social presentation, social interaction, social group behavior, and social group types wll be needed. Particular groups can be connected. Human geography involves principally European geography. Human ecology including the effects of people on the environment, relations with other life, and the effecs of the environment on people can be connected. Physical anthropology including human dispersion, racial variation, and human origins can be connected. Demography including population change, population size and structure, births, marriage, and deaths can be connected.

In Personal studies, the human body and psychology are less directly useful than biography. Major historic figures include:

Science is for the most part indirectly useful in investigating the Germanic peoples. Physics and chemistry are less useful than astronomy, earth science, and biology.

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