I have to say something about this thread. Yes I agree with the OP. I always have considered Germany (or germanic people? I think the modern country is very recent) as the most productive and important civilization for the history of mankind. Of course there are also the greeks,romans whatever whatever but those civilizations ultimately fell down.

It's unbelievable how the german people were always capable of restoring their country even after being totally destroyed. First world war, great depression, weimar republic, second word war, reunification, and today is again the leading european country. Not to mention the cultural and scientific progress they gave to the world. Who's the greatest physicist ever? Einstein? Mathematician. Gauss? Leibniz? Who found quantum mechanics, the basis of modern technology? Yes another german. Heisenberg.


And as someone has alrady mentioned, English is a germanic language