| gptkbp:instanceOf | gptkb:colonialism 
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                                | gptkbp:administeredBy | gptkb:Imperial_Colonial_Office 
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                                | gptkbp:area | 2,982,000 km² 
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                                | gptkbp:capital | gptkb:Berlin 
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                                | gptkbp:country | gptkb:German_Empire 
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                                | gptkbp:currency | gptkb:German_mark 
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                                | gptkbp:dissolved | gptkb:Treaty_of_Versailles 
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                                | gptkbp:existedDuring | 1884 
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                                | gptkbp:existedUntil | 1919 
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                                | gptkbp:firstColonyAcquired | gptkb:German_South_West_Africa 
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                                | gptkbp:flag | gptkb:Flag_of_the_German_Empire 
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                                | gptkbp:includedColony | gptkb:Caroline_Islands gptkb:Mariana_Islands
 gptkb:Marshall_Islands
 gptkb:German_Cameroon
 gptkb:German_East_Africa
 gptkb:German_New_Guinea
 gptkb:Kiautschou_Bay_concession
 gptkb:German_Togoland
 gptkb:Samoa_(German_Samoa)
 gptkb:German_South_West_Africa
 Bismarck Archipelago
 
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                                | gptkbp:lastColonyLost | gptkb:Kiautschou_Bay_concession 
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                                | gptkbp:lostColoniesAfter | gptkb:World_War_I 
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                                | gptkbp:motto | gptkb:Gott_mit_uns 
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                                | gptkbp:notableEvent | gptkb:World_War_I gptkb:Maji_Maji_Rebellion
 gptkb:Boxer_Rebellion
 gptkb:Herero_and_Namaqua_genocide
 
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                                | gptkbp:notableLeader | gptkb:Heinrich_Ernst_Göring gptkb:Paul_von_Lettow-Vorbeck
 gptkb:Jesko_von_Puttkamer
 gptkb:Julius_von_Soden
 gptkb:Theodor_Leutwein
 
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                                | gptkbp:officialLanguage | gptkb:German 
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                                | gptkbp:policy | gptkb:missionary gptkb:Schutztruppe
 economic exploitation
 settler colonialism
 direct rule
 
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                                | gptkbp:population | over 13 million (at peak) 
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                                | gptkbp:relatedTo | gptkb:League_of_Nations gptkb:Scramble_for_Africa
 gptkb:Berlin_Conference
 gptkb:Otto_von_Bismarck
 gptkb:Wilhelm_II
 European colonialism
 
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                                | gptkbp:successor | League of Nations mandates 
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                                | gptkbp:bfsParent | gptkb:German_New_Guinea gptkb:German_Samoa
 gptkb:German_South-West_Africa
 gptkb:Togoland
 
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                                | gptkbp:bfsLayer | 5 
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                                | https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label | German colonial empire 
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