German political life continued to be dominated by attempts to find solutions to three major questions connected, more or less directly, to the national reunification achieved in 1990: the integration between East and West,...
Indigenous people who live completely apart are treated separately (see above). But the semi-civilized Indian is not lacking in interest, and even more the half-caste Indian. Mameluco is the name that is generally given in Brazil...
The components of the current population of Brazil can be grouped into three major divisions: I, the aborigines; II, the immigrants; III, the mestizos. In turn, the immigrants from the racial point of view...
Tashkent, Uzbekistan: Uzbek capital The state capital Tashkent is the only metropolis in Uzbekistan with a population of over a million and is the center for education, culture, research, science and industry. With an...
Cordoba, Spain: The beauty on the river Perhaps the most beautiful city in Spain is located picturesquely on the Rio Guadalquivir: Córdoba, capital of the province of the same name in Andalusia. Córdoba is...
Betty’s Bay Bettys Bay is a small resort with 1,300 inhabitants on the Overberg coast in the Western Cape province of South Africa. The place is 100 kilometers from Cape Town, below the Kogelberg...
Skocjan Caves The Skocjan Caves (German: Höhlen von St. Kanzian) are a system of caves in the southwest of Slovenia. The impressive natural phenomenon is located 20 kilometers east of Trieste and has been...
Take a study tour of Slovenia, a republic in Europe bordering Italy, Austria, Hungary, Croatia and the Adriatic Sea. Despite its small area, Slovenia has a diverse landscape. In the north-west of the country...
Geography According to Allcitycodes, the city of La Paz is settled in a valley on the banks of the Choqueyapu River, which crosses the city from north to south, and of small rivers that...
Whether you are in New York for business or pleasure, as in any other country, there are a few things you should consider when traveling to this special city. According to the latest statistics...
California climate In California, the climate can be divided into three zones : On the coast, the temperatures are lower than in the interior due to the moderate influence of the relatively cool Pacific...
Katmai National Park was founded on December 2nd, 1980, making it a relatively young national park in America. Located in the US state of Alaska, up to 23,800 visitors travel to the Katmai National...
The extremely popular Joshua Tree National Park is located in the US state of California. Over 1.2 million visitors come to California to experience Joshua Tree National Park. The desert landscape extends over an...
The 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis was the most dangerous confrontation in the Cold War between the United States and the Soviet Union and was triggered by the stationing of Soviet nuclear missiles in Cuba....
Chiloe Island This island is located on the northwest coast of Chiloé, about 30 minutes from Ancud. In addition to the numerous myths and legends, the island is mainly known for its wooden churches,...
Cold War, a catchphrase for a non-military confrontation between two states or groups of states. Means, methods, objectives: The spectrum of means and methods used in a Cold War includes: the establishment and expansion...
North-South conflict, term for the contrasts that arise from the economic-social and political-cultural development gap between the industrialized countries of the northern hemisphere and the developing countries of Africa, Asia and Latin America, which...
North-South conflict, collective term for the difference in living conditions between the developing countries of Asia, Africa and Latin America and the developed industrial countries,which has been described as a contradiction since the 1960s....
East-West conflict, term for the contrasts that broke out under the victorious powers after the Second World War and led to a global polarization in a western camp under the leadership of the USA...
Song and Border Dynasties Following the fall of the Tang Dynasty in 907, a period of wrestling known as the Five Dynasties and ten kingdoms followed. The Song Dynasty was established in 960, but...
It is not possible to set a geographical boundary for China that is valid for all the epochs in the country’s history. Looking at the historical development from 2000 BCE. to this day, one...
Guomindang’s relationship with the communists The relationship between the Nationalist Party / Guomindang and the Communists changed fundamentally from the early years to the Republic and to the establishment of the People’s Republic in...
The Communist Party is established In the anger of the Versailles peace and disappointment after the Washington conference, interest in the Russian revolution grew. A contributing factor was that in 1919 the Russians promised...
The history of the Republic of China covers the period from the fall of the Qing Dynasty in 1912 to the establishment of the People’s Republic of China in 1949. Revolution Towards the end...
China’s prehistory became the subject of more extensive investigations only after World War II. In particular, the excavations of the rich first tombs of the Han and Zhou dynasties have attracted international attention. However,...
The adoption of the culture of antiquity by Europe seems to have resembled the Greco-Roman process of reception in that intellectual appropriation was preceded by a level of relatively dependent learning in relation to...
The Christian literature of late antiquity Originally the Christians had harshly rejected the whole culture of their pagan environment as belonging to this world that had to be overcome. During this time, up to...
During the classical age the drama experienced its heyday – with the tragedians Aeschylus, Sophocles and Euripides as well as with the comedy poet Aristophanes; in addition, the prose now produced masterpieces, e. B....
Hellenism With the age of Hellenism, opened by Alexander’s victory over the Persians, the autocracy of the Greek Poleis came to an end: Political power now emanated from the monarchically ruled empires of the...
Antiquity [from Latin antiquus »old«] die, -, term for Greco-Roman antiquity, the first major epoch in the three-part (ancient, medieval and modern comprehensive) scheme of European history. Depending on the definition, antiquity extended from...