Analyse the political factors involved in the Unification of Italy up to 1861 Italian Unification or Italian Risorgimento is known as the chain of political and military events that produced a united Italian peninsula under the Kingdom of Italy in 1861. These events can be broken down in four stages: Revolutionary‚ Cavour’s Policy and the Role of Piedmont‚ Garibaldi’s Campaign‚ and the creation of the Italian Kingdom. The unification of Italy up to 1861 is due to two main political factors. The
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Nationalism‚ and Prussification as driving forces of unification After the creation of the German Confederation‚ Otto von Bismarck‚ the Prussian representative in the union of German states‚ was determined to unite them into one single empire‚ with Prussia as its core. Prussia officially took over the rest of German sates by 1871‚ but in the meantime Bismarck implemented several internal and foreign policies to make that happen along with unification. After his speech on September 30th of 1862‚ which
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political unification. It was certain that Greece was in need of political alliance; however it was an impossible goal to achieve for many eras. The first clue to the non-political union was the explosion of population during the archaic period. Once‚ the city-states‚ polis‚ were established‚ many Hellenes became uncertain and jealous towards their neighboring city-states. This led to the uprising of tyrants‚ who were the self-appointed leaders of each polis. Due to non-political unification‚ the emerging
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“Heaven’s Gate” and “Unification Church” The Heaven’s Gate cult followed a syncretistic religion‚ combining elements of Christianity with rare beliefs about the nature of UFOs. They believed that everything on Earth was about to be destroyed‚ after which the planet would be refurbished or recycled. The only chance for survival was to leave. Heaven ’s Gate members believed that Hale-Bopp‚ a rare bright comet‚ was the sign that they were supposed to shed their earthly bodies or containers and
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the shogun and Bakufu fell. In efforts to change Japan for the better‚ the Meiji government decided that the best thing to do for the country is to unite it. The Meiji government‚ used the following 3 methods out of many to make an attempt at the unification of Japan. This is includes control by beliefs and liberality. The Meiji government took over the previous feudal control and slowly replaced it with a constitutional government. Before the Meiji government could choose what type of government to
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By the late 16th Japan had achieved political unification after an era of ‘sengoku’ or ‘the country at war.’ It began to be ruled by the Tokugawa shoguns who sought to prevent another civil war. Japan became stronger as a result of their ability to unify the warring nations within the country. Another strength of Japan during this time was increased agricultural production. New methods of farming helped to produce more yield (B&Z‚ pg 587). Japan’s strengths were also it’s greatest weaknesses
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States‚ were chaotic. There was a lot of confusion and turmoil in China. People began thinking of ideas that would produce social and political stability and would hopefully lead to the Unification of China. Intellectuals came up with three very effective approaches that would all together help in the unification of China and they are known as‚ Confucianism‚ Daoism and Legalism. Confucianism was an ethical system that was used as the foundation for the Chinese government and social order. The
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The Unification of China‚ led by Qin Shi Huang – the first emperor of the Qin Dynasty – was a series of military campaigns launched in the late 3rd century BC. A part of a war called Warring States Period‚ the campaign was to unify all of what was Ancient China and to solidify Qin’s rule to all of it. But before the unification was achieved‚ the seven major states had their own customs and culture. Wu Qi‚ wrote a book entitled The Book of Master Wu wherein he declared that the government and nature
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Evaluate the relative importance of Mazzini‚ Cavour‚ and Garibaldi for the Italian Unification between 1848 and 1871 In order to achieve the unification the Italians had to go through a long struggle starting from 1830 and ending in 1871. Thanks to the leading of Mazzini‚ Cavour and Garibaldi‚ the Mediterranean peninsula was able to defeat its foreign enemies‚ especially the Austrian Empire‚ and create a united nation under the King of Piedmont‚ Viktor Emmanuel II. Although Mazzini was the starter
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Fascism in Germany and Italy Many similarities exist between German fascism‚ or Nazism‚ and Italian fascism. For example‚ both fascist movements were brought into power after facing very similar problems. One of the major problems that both countries encountered was a post-war economy teeming with instability. Germany’s fragile economy was undermined by widespread unemployment‚ hyperinflation‚ and burdensome reparation payments‚ while Italy’s economy was just as delicate. In addition‚ the Great
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