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...
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...
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...
“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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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,...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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 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...
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...
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...