Bismark brought about France's defeat of 1870 by taking advantage of the surge of patriotism among people of Germany, which led to the unification of the southern German troops with the Northern German troops. This led to the formation of a strong army that helped Bismark defeat the opposition army very easily.
Our art is based off theirs, much of our life is based off theirs. The Roman's invented the roads and the Greek's had many famous philosopher's like Aristotle and Archimedes.
