My next stop on the Eurail was Italy‚ the birthplace of the Renaissance. With its long Mediterranean coastline‚ rich history‚ and many landmark arts and ancient ruins it was very alluring to me. As the train traveled to different parts of Italy I could often see the Apennine Mountains that form most of Italy’s peninsula. The mountains run for 870 miles and are bordered by narrow coastlines. They are home to brown “marsicano” bears‚ chamios‚ wolves‚ and wild boars. I also saw Po River which is Italy’s
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allies. The United States and Great Britain planned to invade Italy. The decision to attack Italy was not made without a debate. In May 1943‚ there was a disagreement between the allies on the best strategy to defeat the Axis. It took fur major defensives between January and May. Allied leaders used their massive military sources in the Mediterranean to Invade Italy. Over 40‚000 German Soldiers where killed in Italy. “While the Coliseum stands‚ Rome shall stand; when the Coliseum falls‚
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well as creating paintings with more of a realistic appearance. At the beginning of the Renaissance‚ Filippo Brunelleschi discovered a new method in creating art with a three-dimensional view called linear perspective. The process spread throughout Italy‚ and many artist were heavily influenced by this style of painting during the time period. This method was also used during the High Renaissance‚ with the famous artists Leonardo da Vinci and Michelangelo. Both artists depicted religious events‚ and
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reconcile these two positions or rather‚ their devotion to the second at the expense of the first secularized the papacy and brought the loss of much of its moral and spiritual authority. With the awakening of the spirit of civic independence in medieval Italy‚ the people of Rome became subject to periodic fits of restlessness under papal rule. From time to time movements occurred in the city that repudiated the pope’s authority and occasionally drove him out of the city. With the papacy at Avignon in the
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Lesson 6 Case Study Bablu pokhrel International American University MGT 500: Organizational Behavior and Leadership Sanjay Upadhaya June 16‚ 2013 Effective Communication: Partnership in Italy Melissa Chang is a business woman from US who is about to travel Venice‚ Italy to meet with her company’s partnering company. During the preparation of the trip she faces different obstacle like she was stressed and her friend cancelled their trip to Moscow at the last minutes. She was afraid
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Welcome to Italy Culture and culture of the Italian Peninsula… . A Project by: Miodrag Jankovic Intercultural Communication EPHEC A Project by: Miodrag Jankovic Intercultural Communication EPHEC Summary Italian ID Card 3 The History 4 Geography 5 Environment - current issues 6 Environment - international agreements 6 Natural hazards 6 Italian Society & Culture 7 The Italian Language 7 Italian Family Values 7
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The independent state of Italy emerged from a long nationalist struggle for unification that started with the revolution of 1848. The southern kingdoms of Sardinia and Sicily joined in 1866 and by 1914 only the Vatican and San Marino retained independence within Italy. However‚ a large Italian population remained within Austria-Hungary in the Trentino and Trieste regions. By 1911 Italy had a population of 34.7 million. Although primarily an agricultural economy‚ there was considerable industry in
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opening new trade lines and causing a shift in the Italian market. This shift in overall society created a collapse in the Italian competitiveness of goods. The government was newly organized‚ and Italy was unprepared for the quality of outside goods being brought into the market. As well‚ the fact that Italy is a country which consists of “a high number of firms [that] are family business or consist of individuals who are self-employed” (Mignone 34) left the market unprepared for competitors. Typically
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Benito Mussolini was born on July 29‚ 1883 in Predappio. The son of a blacksmith he was largely self-educated. He became a schoolteacher and a socialist journalist in northern Italy. In 1910 he married Rachele Guidi who bore his five children. Mussolini was jailed in 1911 for his opposition to Italy’s war in Libya. Soon after his release in 1912 he became editor of the socialist newspaper in Milan‚ "Avanti!". When WWI began in 1914 Mussolini advocated
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conquers Italy‚ U.S negotiates Louisiana Purchase from France‚ and Haiti declares independence from France. Although‚ a big revolutionary change was the idea and rise of nationalism. According to dictionary.com‚ nationalism is marked by a feeling of superiority over other countries. Nationalism came into effect after the hard years of the 1840s‚ the 1850s and 1860s followed by good times and prosperity. Nationalism played a major role in the 1800s by Napoleon’s reign‚ nation building in Italy‚ nationalism
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