The Crossroads of Civilization: A History of Vienna
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Beginning with the establishment of a Roman Legion （Vindabona） at the delta of the Danube after it turns south in central Europe。 It was built to protect the Empire from the Germanic tribes that lived north of the river， though much of the legion was made up of Celtic forces from England， Ireland and Brittany。 Because of the fertile land that was dried out （like the Dutch） the city and the vicinity became a major food supplier and port on the Danube。After the fall of the Western Roman Empire， th Beginning with the establishment of a Roman Legion （Vindabona） at the delta of the Danube after it turns south in central Europe。 It was built to protect the Empire from the Germanic tribes that lived north of the river， though much of the legion was made up of Celtic forces from England， Ireland and Brittany。 Because of the fertile land that was dried out （like the Dutch） the city and the vicinity became a major food supplier and port on the Danube。After the fall of the Western Roman Empire， the area broke into a myriad of free cities， small aristocracies and major principalities。 Vienna， being the largest of the Germanic entities， which later led it to become the capital of the Holy Roman Empire （a sort of Germanic Aristocratic Union）。 By battle purchase and marriage， the Austrian Kingdom continued to expand， and by the 1500s was the largest of all central European nations。During the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries， the Austrians were continually at war with the Ottoman Empire。 Twice the Ottomans had put Vienna under siege but were driven off by the Austrians。 When the Ottoman began to withdraw into the Balkan Peninsula the Habsburgs were able to absorb， Hungarian and Romanian lands。 At the end of the Napoleonic Wars 1801-1815） the nations of Europe met for more than two years in Vienna to settle out control of Europe but especially central Germany。 The major changes occurred for the Prussian， Austrian and Russian Empires。 This was a time when Vienna became an inter- national city。 After the 1848 revolutions， Austria rose the Hungarian Kingdom to equality with the Austrian Empire （The K+K， Kaiser und Kingdom）， known as the Austro-Hungarian Empire with Vienna as the capital。Like many of the countries in Europe （Germany Italy Russia Romania） A-H suffered from the growth of nationalism at the end of the nineteenth century （Fin de siecle）。 Vienna also became the cultural center of Europe as all the arts flourished during this time。 When the Great War broke out after the assassination of Franz Ferdinand in 1914， Vienna did poorly in the war and by the end the armistice let the different nations that made up the A-H become independent。As the capital of the minor nation of Austria， Vienna set out to become an international city that could support many multinational organizations。 By the beginning of the twenty-first it had become the Third center for the United Nations。 。。。more
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