Was Germany essentially the China of Europe before modern times in terms of population density and influence? I think every other dynasty in Europe has German origins
Was Germany essentially the China of Europe before modern times in terms of population density and influence...
Germany should include Bohemia, not Posen. And no Istria either. Med access for Germany would be too over powered.
No
Pre-modern Germany was very poor compared to China
Chinese culture hasn't had influence in 500 years
france used to be the most populous and influential country.
But Germany had 100 kingdoms/princeships what ever, so of course most royalty would be from there. But all upperclass royals spoke french until the 1900s.
No that was France at least to like 1850s.They had massive population (28 mln in 1790), have most powerful military and huge cultural influence
French was international nobility language then
france historically had by far the highest population in europe
>But all upperclass royals spoke french
They were multilingual. They didn't exclusively speak French.
What happened to them?
Austria was never German historically speaking