Want to learn the history of Germany but don’t want to spend years pouring over books? We have the solution for you!
In our bite-sized history lessons, you can learn important parts of Germany’s long, varied and super interesting history.
In this lesson, we elaborate on our first history lesson (a brief overview of Germany’s history… in 5 minutes) with more information about the history of Germany… before it became Germany.
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This video goes through the history of the area we now know as Germany from ancient times until just after Napoleon’s fall. You can learn about ancient Germanic tribes, the Roman Empire, the Huns, the Holy Roman Empire, the black death, Napoleon’s battles to destroy the Holy Roman Empire and more.
While this is a very brief overview, it does help bring Germany’s history alive and will help you understand the history of Germany at a high level before we enter more modern times.
Watch the video below for this interesting overview of Germany’s history up until the 1800s.
It covers a lot, but hopefully now you have a better idea of the history of this area.
Want to learn more about Germany’s history? Find our lesson about the first German king here and when Germany became a country here. You can also find all our history lessons here.
