Leipzig

Have you ever heard someone play the piano and wondered how the piano made all that noise? Or how it was created in the first place? Well, you’re about to find out the answer to both these questions and more. What came before the piano? What inspired the piano? And who created the piano? All of these will also be answered. First, you’ll need to know that a keyboard instrument is any musical instrument on which different notes can be sounded by pressing a series of keys, push buttons, or…

Final Exam: Distractedness Erik Larson is the author of the book In the Garden of Beasts. In this book, he has let us witness the very beginning of Hitler’s Germany through the American ambassador to Germany and his family. In 1933 president Franklin Roosevelt was on the look for a new ambassador to Germany. He received many declines to the office and finally got someone to fill the office. He was a professor who had a passion for a book he was writing entitled Old South. Though reluctant to…

Heinrich Von Treitschke: Warfare and Nationalism in Germany In the nineteenth century, Germany faced the worst era of political imperial leadership that suppressed the citizens and the economy. For instance, during the ruling of Adolf Hitler, his leadership was characterized with killings and assassination. There was no democracy in the country. Due to this, there was a dire need for the patriotic dedication to push for reforms in Germany. The research paper focuses mostly on Heinrich Von…

All of my childhood, I spent it playing superhero. You see back then I was invincible. With one hi-yah I could defeat the supervillain and rescue my Lois Lane. But that fun and games were soon lost. I was 7 years old when I realized, I’m anything but invincible. My life was smooth sailing until my Grandmother died. Standing there looking at her open casket made me realize that death exists and that I am just mortal. This wasn’t some comic book where nobody stays dead. In our world, the end is…

DIVING LOCATIONS GERMANY The Hemmoor Lake The Hemmoor Kreidesee resulted from nearly 12 decades of chalk coal extraction and cement production. After it was abandoned it eventually filled with groundwater and today the remaining 33 Hector Lake is with its 60m depth the third deepest lake in northern Germany. The following characteristics can be drawn from the dive site: Direction: From shore Depth: The Hemmoor Kreidesee has a depth of 200 feet (61m) Visibility: Visible up to 100 feet Cave:…

Everyone has had a moment where they realized that they have a certain skill, ability, or quality about themselves that they gained from something they might not have expected. They might have gained this from a class, or a club, or activity they did in the past. Music is something that many people have taken skills from and used to become successful. Some of these people are famous and can credit great amounts of their success to their musical background. Sometimes people use skills for one…

The Nazis believed that when they created the Lebensborn Program they were building a perfect society, but in reality, they were destroying the lives of thousands of people. The purpose of the program was to allow young women who met the standards of being “racially pure” an opportunity to deliver a child in secrecy (“Nazi”). The SS thought by fusing Norwegian and German blood an Aryan master race would form. Therefor, Himmler encouraged the German soldiers to produce a child with a Norwegian…

The Baroque Era stretched across a century and a half of European history. It took place between the years of 1600 and 1750. Baroque is derived from the term “barroco,” which means irregular shaped pearl. This term is used to describe this period because it was a time of turbulent changes in politics, science, and the arts. Milestones in intellectual history were reached as Galileo, Copernicus, Descartes, and Spinoza expanded the ideas in physics, astronomy, mathematics, and philosophy. William…

Friedrich Nietzsche, a late 19th century philosopher and scholar, wrote about the denunciation of God and Christianity and ideas of individual morality. Similar to other early political theorists, he examines society, politics, ethics, and the rights of individuals. Throughout his numerous works, Nietzsche critiques “good and bad” along with morals and society as a collective. He considered himself immoral and a nihilist who condemns Christianity, in addition to believing that existence has no…

that, on the contrary, the mind is a tabula rasa (blank slate) until experience begins to “write” on it 34. Jan Vermeer Dutch painter renowned for his use of light (1632-1675) 35. Johann Sebastian Bach (21 March 1685 in Eisenach – 28 July 1750 in Leipzig) was a German composer and organist. He lived in the last part of the Baroque period. 36. The Augustans ask 37. Chiaroscuro an effect of contrasted light and shadow created by light falling unevenly or from a particular direction on something.…