Category: BP Geographic History
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Palace Of The Republic
The Palace of the Republic (Palast der Republik) in Berlin was the seat of the parliament of the GDR or DDR, the German Democratic Republic, the communistic country of East Germany which existed from 1949 till 1990. The Palace was constructed in 1976 and was demolished between 2006 and 2008.…
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The Traveller Karl May
Karl May wrote traveling stories in which he was a westman in America called Old Shatterhand as well as a traveller in Northern Africa and the Middle East called Kara Ben Nemsi, although he has never really been to those places at the time he wrote the stories. Some people…
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Simplicity And Progress
Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication, and in the past life was closer to that than nowadays. People still had style and were aiming for advances in many areas, and while the first is diminishing the latter is reaching levels of complexity which can be too much. In the past people…
