dialect prevalent in popular culture like movies and television shows is born of the shifts that occurred in the Italian language from the early days of immigration from Italy to the Americas. Settling by and large in the upper eastern section of the the United States‚ enclaves formed in most large cities‚ often referred to as Little Italy. The immigrants learned to speak English in interactions with those who had come to the United States and settled before them. Change and shift of the original Italian
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Cavour was a very important‚ if not key player in the reunification of Italy in the 1800s. His role in Italian unification is widely debated‚ as are is aims and underlying motives. Many hold contrasting views as to whether he was an Italian nationalist or merely a Piedmontese expansionist‚ and the subject is still a controversial one to this day. The existence of many wide-ranging sources which often challenge each other on the subject does not make the task of determining what drove Cavour any easier
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chance meeting with Mazzini altered the entire course of his life. One of Mazzini’s greatest disciples was Garibaldi‚ who was inspired with nationalist fervour and patriotic enthusiasm. He quickly converted to share Mazzini’s aim of a united Italy‚ but only an Italy united as a republic. A revolutionary plot in 1833 in Piedmont was introduced to cause mutiny in the army but it failed and Garibaldi was sentenced to death. Execution could not be carried out as Garibaldi left the country prior to the trial
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but archaeologists suspect that they came from the eastern Mediterannean‚ possibly Asia Minor. We will‚ however‚ never really know where they came from or why they colonized Italy. We do know that when they came to Italy‚ they brought civilization and urbanization with them. They founded their civilizations in north-eastern Italy between the Appenine mountain range and the Tyrrhenian Sea. Their civilization stretched from the Arno river in the north to the Tiber river towards the center of the Italian
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Assess the effect of foreign influences on Italian unification. 1) Introduction : a) One of the most important lessons learned from the 1848 revolutions was that Austria could not be ejected from Italy without the help of foreign allies b) Influence-pressure or persuasion to sway things in a certain way. c) Throughout the course of the Italian unification movement‚ few foreign nations exercised influence: Sardinia‚ France‚ Austria‚ and possibly Prussia and the German states
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At the turn of the 1400’s a large event was taking place. This event was the Renaissance. “The Renaissance” was the cultural rebirth that occurred in Europe‚ from roughly the fourteenth through the middle of the seventeenth centuries‚ based on the rediscovery of Ancient Greece and Rome advancements. In the Middle-Ages‚ art and architecture were mostly centered on religion. Because the church had all the money and power at that time so they could dictate what was appropriate and what was not. It
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In 1870‚ Italy and Germany were unified. The unifications were different. Italy had its own way of unifying‚ and so did Germany. For instance‚ Italy was brought together when the Franco-Prussian war withdrew France from Rome. The German unification was also brought together by the Franco-Prussian war. The unifications wouldn’t have been achieved without the help of men and historical circumstances. When Italy and Germany were unified‚ they changed history. Italy had its own way of unifying. For
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The Renaissance was a period following the Middle Ages where there was a rebirth of art and learning. The Renaissance started around 1350 and lasted till 1600. The Renaissance initially started in Italy. Individuals in Italy wanted to revive the culture of classical Greece and Rome. Through this process new things were created and accomplished. The Renaissance caused changes in arts and society. Drawings‚ paintings‚ and sculptures focused more on the individual and it was portrayed in a realistic
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regions of Italy unaware of the culture and conditions in other regions. This is typically demonstrated with characters from Northern Italy visiting various regions in the Mezzogiorno (southern Italy). However‚ in movies by other directors such as Paolo Sorrentino and Matteo Garrone show merely glimpses of foreigners‚ and the effect can be the reverse. This has been shown in a movie such as Gomorrah. The role these foreigners have is to show the economic disparity between regions of Italy or Italy
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started in the late 1300s in Italy‚ particularly in Florence. It encompassed all areas of culture‚ from art to music to literature to medicine. The Renaissance can also be seen not just as a re-birth of culture but as a revival of culture. After the dark ages‚ the arts were finally flourishing again. People were interested in science. Many of what are now considered great masterpieces were created during this time. And‚ while this cultural revolution started in Italy‚ it did not take long for this
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