A woman's fertile days depend on the life span of the egg and the sperm. Her egg only lives for about a day after ovulation. Sperm can live inside her body for about six days. The egg and sperm are most likely to join when intercourse happens during the five days before the egg is released or on the day of ovulation. It is also possible for a day or two after ovulation â even though it's less likely to happen then.
The unification of Germany officially took place on January 18, 1871. At that point, the Germanic states became the German Reich, which means German Empire. Shortly after the unification of Germany, Germany annexed the iron-rich French region of Alsace-Lorraine.
Nonetheless, Germany did assemble an overseas empire in Africa and the Pacific Ocean (see List of former German colonies) in the last two decades of the 19th century; the creation of Germany's colonial empire proceeded with the minimum of friction..erman South West Africa was taken under mandate by the Union of South Africa. In the Pacific, Japan gained Germany's islands north of the equator (the Marshall Islands, the Carolines, the Marianas, the Palau Islands) and Kiautschou in China.