National Capitals on American Soil ~ Berlin: Unlike Madrid, Paris, and London, Berlin never got a chance to be a dominant world city. (Not that it didn't try!) In fact, Berlin's problem was that there was no Germany to compete with maritime Europe when global empire building was at its height. Berlin was the capital city of what county when London lost its thirteen colonies in North America? Prussia. How about when World War I took place? German Empire. How about after the Iron Curtain descended across Europe? East Germany. How about after the Iron Curtain disintegrated? Germany. It is a convoluted political history. If you want to learn something more about the city, consult Geographically Yours. Evergreen Cemetery. [2018]
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