The brothers Jakob and Wilhelm Grimm are absolutely a pair that has shaken the world and thus this dynamic partnership rightfully belongs among the one thousand most influential people of these last one thousand years. Jakob and Wilhelm Grimm were simply two close brothers growing up in a small town called Hanau within the country of Germany. Little did they know that they were to change the way society views science and politics, morals and …showed first 75 words of 1195 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1195 total…last one thousand years. They provided a sense of unity for the German people. They created a collection of fairy tales that have been translated in 160 languages and that are popular to this day. The brothers Grimm inspired authors to this day. They even inspired theme parks and the movie industry. They preserved German language. They helped to bring around governmental reform. That is a great amount of influence to be exerted in one lifetime.