This is an audio version of the Wikipedia Article: Germany 00:04:01 1 Etymology 00:04:55 2 History 00:06:11 2.1 Germanic tribes and Frankish Empire 00:08:08 2.2 East Francia and Holy Roman Empire 00:13:58 2.3 German Confederation and Empire 00:19:21 2.4 Weimar Republic and Nazi Germany 00:26:02 2.5 East and West Germany 00:29:52 2.6 Reunified Germany and the European Union 00:32:50 3 Geography 00:34:48 3.1 Climate 00:36:39 3.2 Biodiversity 00:38:30 3.3 Urbanisation 00:39:02 4 Politics 00:42:08 4.1 Law 00:43:28 4.2 Constituent states 00:44:31 4.3 Foreign relations 00:46:11 4.4 Military 00:48:35 5 Economy 00:50:32 5.1 Companies 00:51:39 5.2 Transport 00:52:45 5.3 Energy and infrastructure 00:54:08 5.4 Science and technology 00:56:58 5.5 Tourism 00:58:28 6 Demographics 01:00:11 6.1 Immigrant population 01:02:45 6.2 Religion 01:06:20 6.3 Languages 01:08:14 6.4 Education 01:10:43 6.5 Health 01:12:21 7 Culture 01:13:54 7.1 Music 01:15:32 7.2 Art 01:17:20 7.3 Architecture 01:20:09 7.4 Literature and philosophy 01:22:06 7.5 Media 01:23:46 7.6 Cinema 01:27:31 7.7 Cuisine 01:29:12 7.8 Sports 01:31:31 7.9 Fashion and design 01:32:38 8 See also Listening is a more natural way of learning, when compared to reading. Written language only began at around 3200 BC, but spoken language has existed long ago. Learning by listening is a great way to: - increases imagination and understanding - improves your listening skills - improves your own spoken accent - learn while on the move - reduce eye strain Now learn the vast amount of general knowledge available on Wikipedia through audio (audio article). You could even learn subconsciously by playing the audio while you are sleeping! If you are planning to listen a lot, you could try using a bone conduction headphone, or a standard speaker instead of an earphone. You can find other Wikipedia audio articles too at: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCuKfABj2eGyjH3ntPxp4YeQ You can upload your own Wikipedia articles through: https://github.com/nodef/wikipedia-tts "The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing." - Socrates SUMMARY ======= Germany (German: Deutschland German pronunciation: [ˈdɔʏtʃlant]), officially the Federal Republic of Germany (German: Bundesrepublik Deutschland, listen ), is a country in Central and Western Europe, lying between the Baltic and North seas to the north, and the Alps to the south. It borders Denmark to the north, Poland and the Czech Republic to the east, Austria and Switzerland to the south, and France, Luxembourg, Belgium and the Netherlands to the west. Germany includes 16 constituent states, covers an area of 357,386 square kilometres (137,988 sq mi), and has a largely temperate seasonal climate. With nearly 83 million inhabitants, it is the second most populous state of Europe after Russia, the most populous state lying entirely in Europe, as well as the most populous member state of the European Union. Germany is a very decentralized country. Its capital and largest metropolis is Berlin, while Frankfurt serves as its financial capital and has the country's busiest airport. Germany's largest urban area is the Ruhr, with its main centres of Dortmund and Essen. The country's other major cities are Hamburg, Munich, Cologne, Stuttgart, Düsseldorf, Leipzig, Dresden, Bremen, Hannover, and Nuremberg. Various Germanic tribes have inhabited the northern parts of modern Germany since classical antiquity. A region named Germania was documented before 100 AD. During the Migration Period, the Germanic tribes expanded southward. Beginning in the 10th century, German territories formed a central part of the Holy Roman Empire. During the 16th century, northern German regions became the centre of the Protestant Reformation. After the collapse of the Holy Roman Empire, the German Confederation was formed in 1815. The German revolutions of 1848–49 resulted in the Frankfurt Parliament establishing major democratic rights. In 1871, Germany became a nation state when most of the German states (most notably excluding Switzerland and Austria) unified into the Prussian-dominated German Empire. After World War I and the revolution of 1918–19, the Empire was replaced by the parliamentary Weimar Republic. The Nazi seizure of power in 1933 led to the establishment of a dictatorship, World War II and the Holocaust. After the end of World War II in Europe and a period of Allied occupation, two German states were founded: West Germany, formed from the American, British, and French occupation zones, and East Germany, formed from the Soviet occupation zone. Following the Revolutions of 1989 that ended communist rule in Central and Eastern Europe, the country was reunified on 3 October 1990.Today, the sovereign state of Germany is a federal parliamentary republic with an elected president. It is a great power with a strong economy; it has the world's fourth-largest economy by nominal GDP, and the fifth-largest by P ...