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Germany in 1600 - the land and the people; drifts and eddies towardswar; the nightmare begins - the Bohemian war; Habsburg triumphs, Protestantdefeats; from one insecure peace to another - 1629-1635; eternal war aslifestyle; peace at last; the development of territorial autocracy 1; thedevelopment of territorial autocracy 2; the German economy, 1650-1800 -population and agriculture; the German economy, 1650-1800 - industry,commerce, and finance; the structure of German society, 1650-1800; Germanculture after 1648 - religion and education; German culture after 1648 -religion and education; German culture after 1648 - literature, architecture,and music; the early enlightenment to 1750; the legacies of westphalia andbeyond (1648-1685/99); Germany in the maelstrom of war, 1685-1721; Austriaand the larger German states to 1740; the northern Sparta -Brandenburg-Prussia, 1640-1740; the Austro-Prussian dualism, 1740-1763; thedevelopment of Prussia and Austria, 1763-1790; the German powers, the Empire,and the territories at the end of an era; the later German enlightenment; therevival of German letters after 1740.