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The concept of [[Germany]] as a distinct region in [[Central Europe]] can be traced to [[Julius Caesar]], who referred to the unconquered area east of the [[Rhine]] as ''[[Germania]]'', thus distinguishing it from [[Gaul]]. The victory of the [[Cherusci|Germanic tribes]] in the [[Battle of the Teutoburg Forest]] ([[AD]] 9) prevented annexation by the [[Roman Empire]], although the [[Roman provinces]] of [[Germania Superior]] and [[Germania Inferior]] were established along the [[Rhine]]. Following the [[Fall of the Western Roman Empire]], the [[Franks]] conquered the other [[West Germanic languages|West]] [[Germanic peoples|Germanic tribes]]. When the [[Francia|Frankish Empire]] was divided among [[Charles the Great]]'s heirs in 843, the eastern part became [[East Francia]]. In 962, [[Otto I]] became the first [[Holy Roman Emperor]] of the [[Holy Roman Empire]], the medieval German state. |
The concept of [[Germany]] as a distinct region in [[Central Europe]] can be traced to [[Julius Caesar]], who referred to the unconquered area east of the [[Rhine]] as ''[[Germania]]'', thus distinguishing it from [[Gaul]]. The victory of the [[Cherusci|Germanic tribes]] in the [[Battle of the Teutoburg Forest]] ([[AD]] 9) prevented annexation by the [[Roman Empire]], although the [[Roman provinces]] of [[Germania Superior]] and [[Germania Inferior]] were established along the [[Rhine]]. Following the [[Fall of the Western Roman Empire]], the [[Franks]] conquered the other [[West Germanic languages|West]] [[Germanic peoples|Germanic tribes]]. When the [[Francia|Frankish Empire]] was divided among [[Charles the Great]]'s heirs in 843, the eastern part became [[East Francia]]. In 962, [[Otto I]] became the first [[Holy Roman Emperor]] of the [[Holy Roman Empire]], the medieval German state. |