History 102
Professor Stokes
April 13, 2014
The country of Germany is and always has been a very cultured and literate place. Germany helped shape the culture of Western Civilization. German literature goes back to the middle ages, with important and worldwide known works of literature coming from Germany. For example, Martin Luther was a German, and his writing not only influenced the world, but changed the whole landscape of religion in the Western society. German philosophers help shape the best well known Western philosophy. Gottfried Leibniz was a German. Immanuel Kant was a German, and Friedrich Nietzche was a German. Germany has certainly influenced the history of music. …show more content…
Ludwig Van Beethoven was a German. Johannes Brahms was a German. Richard Wagner was a German. George Frideric Händel was a German. Joseph Haydn, Felix Mendelssohn and Carl Orff were Germans. Germany has always been a leader in music in Europe and the world. Germany has also been a leader in architecture styles. Germany is known for Baroque style, Ottonian style and Gothic style. Germany has produced leaders in technology. Germany has brought the world Hans Geiger, inventor of the Geiger counter; Konrad Zuse, inventor of the computer; and Rudolf Diesel, inventor of the Diesel engine and a name that is still a leader in the automotive industry. Germans, Max Planck and Albert Einstein are big names in physics, and they and other Germans contributed to the beginnings of space travel. Germany has certainly been an influence on the modern world. It has been said of Germany, “Germany is a country whose history has decisively shaped the map and the politics of modern Europe and the world in which we live” (Berghahn, 1987). So, with