Answer:
The British author raised concerns over the state of the army with the genre of invasion which touched the readers.
Explanation:
The Battle of Dorking was written by George Tomkyns Chesney in 1871 just after the France and Prussian War in which Prussia came out victorious. The novel reflects the ideas of the nineteenth century England and concern for the reforms in the Britsh military and Royal Navy. It portrayed the invasion of England by German-speaking people which reflects the immediate concern to prepare for war against the dominating Prussian army.
The Gregorian calendar is currently used in the Western World, both as the civil and Christian ecclesiastical calendar.
Its original form was the Julian calendar (proposed by Julius Caesar).
The Gregorian calendar was introduced by Pope Gregory XIII in October 1582.
Independent states unified under a weak central government would generally be part of a "confederate government," but of course the specific weakness of the central government can vary greatly.