The statement is true. The "Stars and Bars" was the official flag of the Confederation from March 5, 1861 to May 1863. Different variants appear successively with seven, nine, eleven and thirteen stars in connection with the number of states that joined the Confederation at each time. It is said that the Confederate flag have been inspired by the Babenberg flag of Austria from which the designer Nicola Marschall's family was born.
This is false. The flag of the Confederacy was"The Stars and Bars" and although similar in concept and colours, this flag was different from "Stars and Stripes"
At its greatest extent, the Arab Empire controlled 3/4 of the Mediterranean region, the only other empire besides the Roman Empire to control most of the Mediterranean Sea.
The Kingdom of Prussia (aka "Germany") and the Austrian Empire joined together to seize the territory of Schleswig-Holstein from Denmark due to the regions majority German population.
