Schlagwort-Archive: Charlemagne

The Story of BC and AD

The Hebrew calendar, still in use, is based on a concept known as Anno Mundi („in the year of the world“) which dates events from the beginning of the creation of the earth as calculated through scripture. Ancient civilizations such … Weiterlesen

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How Many German Languages Are There, Anyway?

Americans and Britons, as George Bernard Shaw famously said, are two peoples separated by a common language. If so, then the same goes for Germans – except there are hundreds of different languages to choose from. On the North Sea … Weiterlesen

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