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- 361: Tiberius
- ... Gaius (died AD 4), paved the way for the adoption of Tiberius as heir to the imperial dignity. He was formally adopted by Augustus in AD 4. He then went into active service in northern Germany against the Marcomanni. Tiberius also succeeded in quelling formidable insurrections in Pannonia and Dalmatia, and finally in securing the frontier and taking vengeance upon the Germans, who had annihilated the army of the Roman general Publius Quintilius Varus (died AD 9) in the Teutoburger Wald in AD 9. Accompanied by Germanicus Caesar, who was his nephew and adopted son, Tiberius made two more marches into the heart of Germany, returning to Rome several years later to be accorded a triumph, the highest official tribute that was given to honor a victorious warrior. When Augustus died at Nola, near Naples, in AD14, Tiberius, unopposed, succeeded to the throne. His reign was marked by revolts and rebellions in Pannonia, Germany, Gaul, and other parts of the empire. Domestically, the reign of Tiberius was at first beneficent. He improved the civil service, kept the army in strict discipline, and managed the finances with great ability ...
- 362: Creative Writing: The Life and Hard Times of Grantly Marshall
- ... in theater Grantly graduated Kent State University in 1972 with honors. After he graduated, Grantly did act in local theaters for a few weeks and then decided to do to the Summer Olympics in Munich, Germany. Just weeks before he was to leave Grantly's father fell ill and died shortly there after. Grantly knew his father would want him to go to the Olympics anyway so off he went to Germany. Because he was such a passionate speaker Grantly could speak many languages and had no problems in Europe. A few people Grantly did know and was friends with began to wonder about him after the ... Games ended and he did not return. Then, one day Gary Johnson, one of Grantly's only friend's received a phone call. It was none other than Grantly. It ended up that Grantly loved Germany and he got a job as a German Postal Worker. Gary had many more long talks with Grantly. These talks did not cost either of them a cent because Grantly always called from the ...
- 363: Racial Discrimination And Prej
- ... and tragic death did not overshadow the achievements of his life. Many people died in the civil war because of racism but not as many as in World War 2. This war was started when Germany's dictator Adolph Hitler invaded Poland. He became the leader of the Nazi party in 1933; the party was against communism and believes in strong national government. They enslaved and murdered Jews, gypsies, and other minorities, whom they blamed for all Germany‘¦s problem, form defeat in World War I to unemployment and inflation. However, his plan was not effective other countries saw what he was doing, after a bloody war; Germany's economy still suffers for his mistakes. Nevertheless, even this wasn't enough for people to learn from his mistakes and see that racism only weakens a power, because it still goes on today. ...
- 364: The Protestant Reformation
- ... s life, which turned out to start many bloody wars between different religious sects. At the time when he first began to push the idea that salvation was by faith alone and not by works, Germany was politically falling apart. The Emperor was in frequent disagreement with the Papacy over a variety of political matters, and there were intermittent wars with France. When Luther's ideas began to spread, they found fertile ground in Germany, and were protected in part because of the political climate. Both the Papacy and the King of France would be stern upholders of traditional Catholic ways. Luther being German gave him immediate sympathy within the ... series of religious wars. For the common European, war was a fact of life as result of the Reformation, for each side sought to protect its political and religious position by fighting. In the 1520s, Germany experienced the Peasant's Revolt. The Reformation was not the cause of the revolt, but it was an encouraging factor. The peasants were severely oppressed and poor. They were forced to pay burdensome tax ...
- 365: Conversation With A Doctor
- ... decided never to have kids, I guess we never needed anything larger -- not that it's small, of course. A condominium. Well, I teach literature at McGill. And I went on an academic exchange to Germany. Hamburg. It's an ugly city, but we enjoyed it anyway. Yes, teaching. I got Arnaud to travel around Germany a bit, and we came back through France. No, I wish I had learnt it, but since I taught my students in French it didn't matter too much. And of course they all speak ... better, isn't it? Where should I begin? Do you want to hear about my childhood? I don't know if it's important. What do you think? All right then. Ghyslaine got sent to Germany, so of course I went too. I would have liked to work there, but on such short notice.... We went to Hamburg, it's not bad as a city but I prefer Montral. ...
- 366: Albert Einstein 3
- ... Ricci-Curbastro. Einstein called his new work the general theory of relativity. He moved from Prague to Zurich in 1912 to take up a chair at the Eidgenφssische Technische Hochschule in Zurich. Einstein returned to Germany in 1914 but did not reapply for German citizenship. What he accepted was an impressive offer. It was a research position in the Prussian Academy of Sciences together with a chair (but no teaching duties ... United States in 1932 was followed by the offer of a post at Princeton. The idea was that Einstein would spend seven months a year in Berlin, five months at Princeton. Einstein accepted and left Germany in December 1932 for the United States. The following month the Nazis came to power in Germany and Einstein was never to return there. During 1933 Einstein travelled in Europe visiting Oxford, Glasgow, Brussels and Zurich. Offers of academic posts which he had found it so hard to get in 1901, ...
- 367: Music In The Romantic Period
- ... personal and subjective. The entire nineteen century is generally referred to as the Age of Romanticism because the personal element in creative expression was so apparent. The Romantic Era began as a literary movement in Germany during the late eighteenth century. Romantic Ideas spread throughout Europe through about the next forty years. It became the philosophy of not only poets, but of dramatists, painters, dancers and composers. Because of poetic inspiration ... slightly opposing ideas of nationalism and the universal brotherhood of man, longing for political and social freedom. The music represented the period of time that saw the American and French Revolutions, then the joining of Germany and Italy, and the abolition of slavery in the United States. The Romantic Era spawned the popular idea people have of a composer being a "long- haired Bohemian who, between love affairs, wrote music that ... 1867). Many music societies were also established, including Handel and Haydn Society, the oldest, established in Boston in 1815. Singing societies usually consisted of amateur singers led by a conductor and were especially popular in Germany, England, and the United States. The need for choral music caused the composing of many secular works by composers such as Brahms and Schumann. However, the church music remained not neglected. Major sacred pieces ...
- 368: Popes
- ... Leo X the Protestant Break occurred, permanently shattering united Christianity under the Roman See. Leo was the exact opposite of his predecessor, Julius. Leo enjoyed peace and harmony. He hardly noticed Luther's revolt in Germany. His only response was to issue a Bull in 1518 excommunicating all who didn't believe and preach the Pope had the right to sell indulgences. This proclamation was hardly effective, but the Pope was ... princes, such as Phillip of Hesse, to tolerate Protestant reformers. Luther urged princes to seize the Church's property and bring about moral reform in the church. The Church owned large tracts of land in Germany and German princes realized the opportunity to gain wealth by breaking from the church. A steady stream of duchies, margravites, free cities and bishoprics became followers of Luther. The Protestant princes allied with one another ... Charles V, to return the princes to Catholicism. The French king, Francis I, supported the Schmalkaldic League in their resistance against Charles. Although Charles won every battle he couldn't get rid of Protestantism in Germany. The Church's past history and Europe's changing political, social and economic climate contributed more to the Reformation's success than the Renaissance popes did. Had Luther lived in a different time and ...
- 369: The Roots of Judaism and Christianity
- ... Napoleon's fall (1814-15), the German states revoked the rights he had granted the Jews, but the struggle for emancipation continued. Equal rights were achieved in the Netherlands, and more slowly in Great Britain. Germany and Austria, even after 1870, discriminated against Jews in military and academic appointments; in these countries much popular hostility continued, now called Anti-Semetism and supposedly justified on racial rather than religious grounds. In the ... severely damaged: community controls became less effective, and neglect of religious observance, mixed marriage, and conversion to Christianity occurred. In response to such challenges, new modernist versions of Judaism were formulated; these movements originated in Germany and had their greatest development in North America. In Russia hopes of improvement were soon abandoned; the government engaged in open war against Jews. Under Nicholas I (r. 1825-55), 12-year-old Jewish boys ... Semitism was banned as counterrevolutionary under the Soviet system, Judaism suffered the same disabilities as other religious groups. After the fall of Leon Trotsky, the old anti-Semitism was revived as a government policy. In Germany the Weimar Republic for the first time abolished all official discrimination against Jews. The republic was unpopular, however, and anti- Semitism was popular. Calculated use of anti-Semitism as an instrument was a major ...
- 370: Joseph Stalin 2
- ... camps. However, Stalin had accomplished his task: he had gained absolute power. In 1939 Stalin signed a nonaggression treaty with Adolph Hitler to ensure Russia s safety from attack and to expand influence in Europe. Germany and the Soviet Union now each seized a part of Poland, but the treaty was ignored when, in June 1941, German troops invaded. During 1941 and 1942, Stalin s army was able to restrain the German attacks, and by doing so, he reached the height of his popularity. Later in 1943, Stalin met with Churchill and Roosevelt in Iraq where they agreed to work together until Germany was defeated. Finally, in 1945, after Hitler had been beaten, the leaders met again to discuss the military occupation of Germany. This time was a feeling of power and prestige for Stalin, who was considered a savior by his subjects, even though he had been such a terrible animal before. Stalin s absolute power lasted ...
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