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There were many different influences on it. E.g.
Economic purposes - one of the early steps towards unification towards a Kleindeutschland (a German state governed by Prussia and excluding Austria) was the Zollverein, the customs union in.. i think the 1830's sometime.
Social pressures also contributed hugely, which influenced Bismarck and the elites to move towards unification and a sense of nationalism was pretty strong.
Germany was originally divided into hundreds of small states, which then were reduced to 37.
That's all i can recall at the moment, but i hope that helps even slightly.
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∙ 14y agoHe was looking for power, power in one big country rather than many smaller states.
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What were the Germans before they became known as the Germans?
Up until the tenth century, the Germans were a loose knit group of tribes. Over time they began to form nations. Eventually the people who lived in these nations began to call themselves Germans. The real unification of the Germans took place when Luther published the German Bible in 1534 but this was a unity through language rather than culture. The country of Germany was established in its present form when Otto von Bismarck led the move to unification in 1871. Short answer: They were tribes of people who shared the same culture.
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What were the Germans before they became known as the Germans?
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