English literature, designation of English-language literature from Great Britain and the former British colonies. The literature of the USA, the American literature, however, was seen in the 19th century as…
English art, the art of Great Britain (excluding Celtic art). The historical, political and social peculiarities resulting from the island location promoted an art development with a distinctive character. At…
The English literature of the post-war period moves in the field of tension between modernist experiment and insular awareness of tradition and shows an appearance of confusing diversity. While on…
His doctrine of the state, v. a. from popular sovereignty as opposed to T. Hobbes, became the classic basis of English democracy and, through Voltaire and Montesquieu, gained influence on…
English philosophy, a strongly formalized collective name for the philosophy whose bearers come from the British Isles and which brought an empirical-practical spirituality into European intellectual history. Middle Ages The…
The former trading centers of Samarkand , Khiva and Bukhara are lined up along the old Silk Road. Wall paintings and stucco work from the 5th to 8th centuries are…
Benguela Benguela, provincial capital with a fishing port on the Atlantic coast of Angola, (2014) 555 100 residents. Seat of a Catholic bishop. Benguela was an overseas port for a…
There are not many feasts of ancient tradition, however they continue to be celebrated with the ancient rites. In the days of Advent, for example, it is customary to plant…
History The country’s unstable economic situation sparked public protests after electricity price increases were announced in June 2015. For several weeks, tens of thousands took to the streets against the…
According to thedressexplorer.com, the over 2000 km long Great Barrier Reef is 30 to 250 km off the east coast of Australia and is the largest coral reef on earth…
According to sunglasseswill.com, the Kakadu National Park covers an area of approximately 19,800 km² in the Northern Territory. It is one of the most beautiful and important national parks in…
Canada, officially English and French Canada [ kænədə, English; kana because, French], state in North America (2018) 37.1 million residents; The capital is Ottawa. According to the Constitution Act, which…
According to smartercomputing.org, this World Heritage Site covers approximately 2,400 km² in the Murray River Basin in southeastern New South Wales. The main attraction are the »Walls of China«, six…
The world heritage site in the southwest of the island consists of the five national parks Cradle Mountain-Lake St. Clair, Franklin-Lower Gordon Wild Rivers, Southwest, Walls of Jerusalem and Hartz…
Gäncä Gäncä [- d ʒ -], Gәncә [- d ʒ -], Ganja, Gandza [- d ʒ -], Russian Ganja, Gjandža [- d ʒ -], 1804-1918 Jelisawetpol, Elizavetpol ‘ [je LIZA],…
Azerbaijani language and literature Azerbaijani language and literature. According to rctoysadvice.com, the Azerbaijani language (»Aseri«) belongs to the south-western group of the Turkic languages. It is spoken by around 7…
Bhutan, officially Dzongkha Druk Yul [Tibetan »Dragon Empire«], German Kingdom of Bhutan, state in the eastern Himalayas with (2019) 763 100 residents; The capital is Thimphu. Visit barblejewelry.com for Bhutan travel…
Bangladeshi art, the art of East Bengal, which has existed in these borders since 1971, which geographically forms the connection between South and Southeast Asia with its extensive delta region…
According to petwithsupplies.com, Bagherhat is located at the confluence of the Ganges and the Brahmaputra and was founded in the 15th century by the Ottoman general Khanjan Ali under the…
World Heritage Sites (K) and World Natural Heritage (N) Bialowiezer Heide National Park (N; 1992) Mir palace complex (K; 2000) Palace complex and church in Neswisch (K; 2005) Measuring points…
Cameroon [on the happening in the Bay of Cameroon crabs, Portuguese camerões], officially French République du Cameroun [repy Republic dy kamə run], English Republic of Cameroon [r ɪ p ʌ…
In the game reserve, framed by the Dja River, a still pristine rainforest in Central Africa has been preserved, which is unparalleled with its biodiversity, especially the variety of primate…
The protected area in the border area to Chad has three vegetation zones with an area of 17 400 km². It is known for its unique flora and fauna. The…
Chad [also Tscha ː t], republic in Central Africa. The interior is located in the Sahara desert, in the Sahel and in the greater Sudan landscape, inhabited by a large…
CULTURE: LITERATURE: ROMANTICISM The early nineteenth century is marked by a series of works that lead to romanticism: Leonor de Almeida, Marquise of Alorna (1750-1839) translates Ossian, Herder and Lamartine….
That already around 1200 BC The sanctuary, founded in BC, was the center of worship of the goddess Aphrodite in antiquity and thus an important pilgrimage site. Even today, the…
Abomey was the capital of the Fon Kingdom of Dahomey, which flourished from the 17th to the 19th centuries. The two remaining palace complexes, richly decorated with mythological motifs and…
The trading town of Djenné is located on an island in the Niger inland delta. According to itypeusa, your inner city is built in traditional clay construction and is reminiscent…
The world heritage includes the largest protected area of the tropical rainforest in Central Africa. According to indexdotcom, the national park is located in the center of the Congo Basin…
Cultural landscape of the Konso (World Heritage) The cultural landscape is a testimony to the more than 500-year history of the Konso, who created a landscape on the edge of…