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German East Africa (Deutsch-Ostafrika) was a colony of Imperial Germany from 1885 until 1918. The territory, much larger than Germany itself, covered what is today Tanzania, Rwanda, Burundi, and part of Mozambique. As in many...

Blessed Hildegard of Bingen (German: Hildegard von Bingen) (1098 — 17 September 1179), also known as Saint Hildegard, and Sibyl of the Rhine, was a Christian mystic, German Benedictine abbess...

Antonín Dvořák Symphony No.9 in E minor, Op.95, B.178, "From the New World" Berliner Philharmoniker Herbert von Karajan, conductor Directed by Henri-Georges...

Conductor: Herbert Von Karajan Berliner Philharmoniker

Written language, the hallmark of human civilization, didn't just suddenly appear one day. Thousands of years before the first fully developed writing systems, our ancestors...

O Tu Suavissima Virga from Sequentia's "Canticles of Ecstacy" CD. Music by Hildegard von Bingen , performed by Sequentia.

Oheka Castle, built by the industrialist Otto Herman Kahn (l. 1867-1934), is one of the best-known luxury hotels of Long Island, NY, USA today. In its time as a private residence, it was the site of the kind of lavish parties which...

The Protestant Reformation (1517-1648) was one of the most significant cultural, political, and religious events in the history of Europe and helped shape the modern world. It was a complex event spanning...

Album: Heavenly Revelations (Naxos) Conductor: Jeremy Summerly Choir: Oxford Camerata

The twin battles of Jena and Auerstedt, both fought on 14 October 1806, marked a major turning point in the Napoleonic Wars (1803-1815). It saw the French Grande Armée, led by Emperor Napoleon I (r. 1804-1814; 1815) soundly...