Final Blog!!!

http://ge110denisebe.blogspot.com/

This blog drew my attention with the organization and visual concepts. She put a lot of care into her blog. I can tell because it is neatly organized and everything is in order. All of the details are very accurate. I would rate her blog with a solid 5 on both readability and informative. Compared to my blog, I would have to say that her blog is better.

http://ge110ryanch.blogspot.com/

While reading this blog, it did not draw my attention. There were quite a few missing blogs, and no visual aids, which shows how there was not very much care or time put into the blog. I would have to rate this blog a 3 on both readability and informative due to to the lack of posts. For the stuff that is there, it is accurate and easy to read. Compared to my blog, I would have to say this blog is worse.

http://ge110jonpo.blogspot.com/

While reading this blog, it caught my attention with the background and visuals. Each post is very descriptive and includes accurate details. I can tell he put alot of time and effort into his blog because all of his posts are here, and they are very well organized. I would rate his blog a 4.5 on both readability and informative. Compared to my blog, I would have to say this blog is better.

PART B:

Before this class, I had no idea what the hanseatic league was. I learned about the role of the German military and also about every day life for society. I didn't know what to expect when class started, but this class was not only educational but it was also fun, which helped me learn a lot more. Overall the class was awesome. I like how it was layed out and I also liked the group projects and presentations. I wouldn't change anything that the class had to offer. It was a great course and I would recommend it to anyone looking for more info on German culture and day to day life.

Baader Meinhoff Complex

In 1967 an Iranian leader visits an oper in Berlin. This act enrages many young Germans, resulting in large protests. One of the protestors is wrongfully shot and killed which unleashes a string of bombings by a group known as the Red Army Faction. The group is put on trial. They flee Germany and return a short time later and perform a number of bank robberies and more bomb attacks. Most of the "first generation" RAF members are imprisoned and a group of "second generation" RAF members take control of the German Embassy in Stockholm. The "second generation" kidnaps an industrialist by the last name of Schleyer, as a demand for the release of the other RAF members. The original RAF members commit suicide in prison and out of fear of the suicides, the "second generation" RAF members execute Schleyer.



Hanseatic League

The Hanseatic League was developed in the 13th century to protect merchants and traders during their voyages. The league, was a militarized coalition with it's own market towns that had their own laws to protect traders from being taken advantage of. These cities were thought to be able to battle well established countries such as France and England (however the war with Denmark didn't immediately show promising results) and at sea the League had developed a reputation for fighting off pirates.
However, the League's creation of monopolies and their royal like privileges cause tensions with the locals at their ports. This eventually lead to the demise of the league over the next couple of centuries until 1862. 

Today, the "new hanse" (circa 1980), has been reborn open to former members of the Hanse