Czech Republic Attractions
Jewish Quarter Třebíč You can still get an impression of the life of the Jewish community in southern Czech Republic in the 19th century in the town of Třebíč (German: Trebitsch). A Jewish quarter...
Category: Europe
Saint Barthelemy (France)
Saint Barthelemy (Saint-Barthélemy in French; also St Barth) is an island in the Caribbean Sea 175 km north of the Guadeloupe archipelago (17 ° 54 ′ North 62 ° 50 ′ West). Administratively is a commune of Guadalupe, although the 6 of Decemberof 2003 residents...
Lake Como, Italy
“There are no wide fields on the banks of Como… there are no fat fields… Everything here is noble and affectionate, everything speaks of love, nothing reminds of the deformities of civilization.” Stendhal “Parma...
Serbia Society and Economy
Population, society and rights The ethnic composition of Serbia (excluding Kosovo) became increasingly homogeneous during the 1990s. If in 1991 the Serbian population constituted about 77% of the total, according to the 2011 census...
Estonia in the 2000’s
Northern European state. The population recorded by the 2000 census amounted to 1,370,052 residents, while a 2005 estimate had dropped to 1,330,000. The country’s political, economic and social changes have significantly influenced its demographic...
Switzerland Population and Economic Conditions
Population. – Advancing at an accelerated pace compared to previous decades, the Swiss population (1993) totals 6,908,000 residents, compared to 6,365,960 registered in 1980 and 6,297,600 in 1970, with an annual growth rate of...
Italy Freedom and Rights
According to Freedom House’s Freedom in the World report, Italy is a free country. The country obtained the best possible score in relation to political pluralism, the possibility of participation in the electoral process and the...
Greece Sculpture
Sculpture. – Discoveries and revisions of already known monuments have added precious material for a historical reconstruction, attentive to regional and workshop traditions, to the relationships between individual schools, and to the meaning of...
Greece Ancient Literature – Alexandrian and Roman Periods
Alexandrian period (323-31 BC) In the Alexandrian age, the spread of Greek culture among non-Greek peoples forced the language to normalize (the koinè Alexandrian), while the literary study is now understood as the conquest of a...
Germany Between the End of the 20th and the Beginning of the 21st Century
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,...
Attractions in Cordoba, Spain
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...
Slovenia Landmarks
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...
Sightseeing in Slovenia
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...
Cold War
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 Part II
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 Part I
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
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...
Early History Part VI
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...
Early History Part V
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...
Early History Part IV
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....
Early History Part III
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...
Early History Part II
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...
Early History Part I
Classification of the epoch Epoch designation that roughly dates back to 2000 BC. Describes to 500 AD. However, since the early period of this epoch has hardly any written sources and is therefore difficult...
Modern History Part V
The introduction of work and drive machines forced the abolition of the guild system and thus led to a fundamental change in the labor constitution. It relieved the human workforce, but at the same...
Modern History Part IV
Nevertheless, the relatively strong economic power of the bourgeoisie did not mean the end of the political domination of the nobility and clergy that had existed since the Middle Ages. The economic power of...
Modern History Part III
A mechanistic view of the political situation, as it were later attempted by T. Hobbes, was suggested by the strong upswing in the natural sciences. The voyages of discovery confirmed the doctrine of the...
Modern History Part II
The development in Italy on the threshold of modern times In the battles over Italy, the modern European state system came to an initial conclusion. Italy was not only rich at that time, but...
Modern History Part I
Modern times, term for the epoch following the Middle Ages and extending to the present day. Term content: The term was used as early as the 15th century, has become common as a periodization...
November Revolution Part II
Proclamation of the Republic Chancellor Max von Baden resigned on November 9th. He had chosen Friedrich Ebert, head of the Social Democratic Party (SPD), to be his provisional successor. The SPD was divided at...
November Revolution Part I
The November Revolution is the revolution that broke out in both countries after the military defeat of Germany and Austria in World War I. In the German Reich it began at the end of...