The terms set forth in the Treaty of Versailles include the mass decrease in Germany's military, weapons, and army, reparations, and full blame for WWII.
The treatment Germany received was a bit too harsh, as the country could not feed and clothe her people, or provide jobs and security.
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In the west, the definining feature of the modern era is the development of all forces of modernity, i.e., science, reason, democracy, liberty and equality. Medieval is in fact a term that is used to describe a societal period that lacked all these features.
