Southern Italy. Roughly 5 million immigrates arrived at Ellis Island during the time period of 1880 to 1920. The original homes of these Southern Italians was economically depressed and predominantly agricultural in comparison to the Northern Italian’s home‚ which were prosperous. The people who resided in the southern region of Italy were poor and worked as artisans‚ sharecroppers and farm laborers. Immigrating to the United State was a good decision‚ the people of the southern region of Italy were
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Abstract All European languages can be rooted back to the Latin vernacular. Latin was not a language that was easily written because there were so many dialects. The condition of Latin made Italian immerse. Writers of Italy played a key role in spreading the Italian language out into Europe. It became the first language to be written in a literary work. Dante Alighieri played a major role in the Italian language with his famous works. The thing that made Italian so popular was the use of printing
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Italy is a parliamentary‚ democratic republic with a multi-party system. The executive power is exercised collectively by the Council of Ministers‚ which is led by the Prime Minister (current Mario Monti). Legislative power is vested in the two houses of parliament primarily‚ and secondarily on the Council of Ministers‚ which can introduce bills and holds the majority in the parliament. The President is the head of state (current Giorgio Napolitano). At the moment‚ Italy is ruled by a
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Assignment No. 2 09 February 2013 History of Architecture II Renaissance Architecture in Italy Geographical Renaissance in Italy is best considered geographically under the three great distinctive cities of activities. Florence‚ Rome and Venice. Florence. One of the chief powers of Italy. A centrally situated city-state. The Florentines notonly exerted considerable influence over the whole of Tuscany but carried Renaissance architecture‚ which originated with them‚ much farther afield
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Unification of Italy Camilo di Cavour: He wanted control of Northern Italy for Sardinia. He realized that Austria was stopping them so he combined French Sardinian army and he takes control of Italy Unification of Italy Giuseppe Garibalde: His army captured Sicily and he united the southern areas he conquered with the kingdom of Piedmont-Sardinia. Giuseppe Mazzini: He organized the revolutionary society called Young Italy‚ founded newspapers‚ wrote pamphlets and encouraged unification of Italy. He
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There is much controversy when determining whether Roman rule benefited the entire empire‚ or just the city of Rome and Italy. There are more facts that point toward Roman rule benefiting the whole empire‚ not just Rome and Italy. The roads built throughout the empire were an advantage to everyone‚ the education system was fair to Roman children‚ and trading was active all over the Roman Empire. Roads built by the Roman army throughout the empire assisted everyone who was in the empire. "These technological
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La Moda Italy is one of the worlds leading countries when it comes to fashion! Milan & Rome are Italy’s main fashion capitals. In 2009 Milan was nominated the true fashion capital of the world! Fashion is almost a national passion! Think Italian fashion and the names Armani‚ Versace‚ Prada‚ Gucci‚ Dolce & Gabbana and Valentino come to mind. Women as well as men in Italy take their fashion very seriously. Both Italian women & men are known all over the world for their impeccable fashion
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Firstly‚ Italy’s government was deteriorating and so it was evident that communist Italy was a failure. Mussolini had led the Italian population to believe that he and his fascist party were their only hope into putting an end to the chaos in Rome‚ and re-establish order and bring about the once great Italy‚ just as Caesar had in the time of the great Romans. This was appealing to the Italian people‚ as the city or Rome seemed to have fallen into ruins‚ taking advantage of this‚ Mussolini had conveyed
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life to get back to Heaven. During the Italian Renaissance‚ the upperclassmen lived by the motto “carpe diem” meaning seize the day. They believed that there is more to life than earning God’s grace. Their abilities needed to be used to the fullest. Italy became increasingly secular. A major misconception in history is that it is thought to believe that the Italian Renaissance affected everyone. The Italian Renaissance only affected the very wealthy people. Another misconception is that this period
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Pope Leo the Great is most famous for his persuasion of the crude Attila the Hun (434-453 AD) to not invade Italy in 452 AD. The emperors usually paid off barbaric tribes to not invade them but this further gave reason for the tribes to invade Western Europe. The only thing the stood in the way of Attila and Rome was Pope Leo and the Papacy. Pope Leo the Great coaxed Attila not to invade Italy. This persuasion shows that in fact Pope Leo the Great’s approach to the barbarian invasions of Western Europe
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