SARDINIA A Small Island off the Coasts of Italy Geography and Climate • Located in the Mediterranean • Mountainous region of Barbagia • Longitude 40 North Latitude 9 East • Warm and Cold climate like the U.S. • Sub Humid Climate Population • 1.637 million people • 97.7% are full blood Italian • They have big families • The average age is 92 • Most people live to be over the age 100 Government • Presidential representative democracy • Multi-party system • President is Francesco Pigliaru • Last
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recognize once an individual understands the key components of the period. Typical guidelines and architectural elements reflecting Renaissance architecture include arches‚ columns‚ pillars‚ pediments‚ domes‚ and simplicity (Architecture in Renaissance Italy‚ 2011). Although the columns are beautiful‚ their use is not merely decorative. Instead they maintain their traditional use as load-bearing support for the building. Renaissance architecture uses typical shapes like squares‚ circles‚ and triangles
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absence of the French soldiers‚ Rome came under Italian rule and this same year was declared the new capital. With this addition to the state‚ the task of Italian unification was complete. Finally‚ after eleven years of plotting‚ war‚ and compromise Italy was one. But‚ would any of this been possible had it not been for one crucial meeting? A meeting that resulted in the alliance of France and the Italian state of Piedmont that gave Piedmont the force it needed to run the Austrians off of the peninsula
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The Greek settlement started in small trading posts‚ but then soon grew into very successful merchant cities. The Greeks settled in southern Italy because it had good agriculture land and harbor sites. In Sicily‚ Greeks carved up the island‚ taking over its best sites. The Greeks settled on the island of Ischia‚ which was off the bay of Naples in Campania. They started to expand at Cumae and establish new cities‚ nea polis‚ in Naples. This gave the Greeks access to those agriculture riches of Campania
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held hostage in Venice‚ she had obtained a collection of beautiful things and antiques which she was passionate‚ yet greedy about. She was also a very well educated woman which was not considered normal in that time. Born in Ferrara‚ in Northern Italy‚ in May of 1474‚ Isabella was the first daughter of Ercole I d ’Este‚ Duke of Ferrara‚ and Leonora of Naples‚ daughter of Ferdinand I of Naples‚ the Aragonese King of Naples‚ and Isabella of Taranto. She had an equally famous younger sister‚ Beatrice
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government. Thus‚ a major decision needs to be made by European leaders. With other European Union countries such as Portugal‚ Italy‚ Ireland‚ and Spain in similar dire financial straits‚ the European Union (and its major players‚ primarily Germany & France) must decide how to proceed‚ and when this bailout insanity will end. Some of the other Southern European countries (Italy‚ & Spain‚ in particular) have a history and a culture similar to Greece in that they value free time‚ leisure and vacations
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customer-focused solutions for managing and transporting letters‚ goods and information”1 ‚ as the company state in its website‚ and the concept is the same both in the english and italian version. The features required by customers in the US and Italy are almost the same regarding the basic expectations‚ but differs due to the different development of the service in the two markets. At first‚ a delivery service is required to be reliable: the costumer wants to be sure that the papers/goods will arrive
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impact each has created as well as the most influential of the three. The time period between 1300 and 1600 in European history is known as the Renaissance. The Renaissance was a cultural revival originating in Florence‚ Italy. This cultural refocus in arts and literature made Italy the heart of Classical humanistic thought. During
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Unification The unification of Italy and Germany were one of the same yet different at the same time. Both unifications were headed by dominate males in their countries. Camillio di Cavour a liberal minded noble-man of great wealth was very influential over the people and through his ability to conduct business that was beneficial to his country was able to grow the economy which made it easy for him to build a mass army to declare war on his surrounding territories. Otto von Bismarck born and
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How did the Holy Roman Empire contrast with the English and French monarchies in Medieval Europe? Include in your discussion Edward III‚ Charles V and the Great Council. 6. How was Italy fragmented in the 14th Century? Include in your discussion the republics‚ kingdom‚ duchy and Papal States that constituted Italy in the 1300s.
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