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    Giuseppe Garibaldi was born in Nice‚ and‚ although he was a born a French citizen‚ he regarded himself as Italian. Despite the pressure placed upon him to enter the Church‚ he joined the Merchant Navy where a 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

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    Proserpina but she is unable to find her. When she comes upon a pool of water‚ she notices Proserpina’s ‘girdle floating on the surface’ (Rolfe‚ pg.121: line 469). Ceres‚ in her current state of mind‚ blames the earth‚ especially Sicily‚ for the theft of her daughter. “Sicily is to blame for there she found the evidence of her loss” (Rolfe‚ 122: 476-477). She prevents the earth from nurturing the seeds and plants‚ allowing them to die. In her anger and grief‚ Ceres takes out her frustrations on an

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    Greek Colonisation in the Archaic Period Rachel So-Mahng Truong Yr11 Ancient History The city states of Cyrene and Sicily were founded by the Greeks in ancient times‚ circa 7th century BC. These colonisations were due to the land hunger‚ need for trade‚ overpopulation and political and civil disputes that were prevalent during the time period‚ making it necessary to colonise other parts of the Mediterranean such as the Italian islands and northern Africa. This colonisation also led to changes in

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    words. At the peak of the Peloponnesian War‚ in the year 415 B.C.‚ the people of Athens decided to embark on a campaign separate from the current war with Sparta. They planned to make an assault on Sicily‚ an island off the coast of Italy. Though the Athenians claimed that they were going to Sicily to protect their kinsmen and allies that lived there‚ their real motive

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    on using this Word document and turning it in via. Edmodo; 1. copy a map of the Mediterranean and label using text boxes or highlighting: Troy‚ Carthage‚ Sicily‚ Cumae and the Tiber River 2. Research each of these people from the Aenied and write a brief overview; • Anchises – why was he lame? What happened to him in Sicily? What is the importance of him meeting Aeneas in the underworld? • The Sybil of Cumae – What is a sibyl? Where is Cumae? What is her role in the story?

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    of the war and to draw German troops away from the Allied advance through Nazioccupied northern Europe aimed at Berlin‚ Germany. The Italian Campaign‚ from July 10‚ 1943‚ to May 2‚ 1945‚ was a series of Allied beach landings and land battles from Sicily and southern Italy up the Italian mainland toward Nazi Germany.2 The

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    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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    ITALIAN UNIFICATION 4 PARTS OF ITALY Kingdom of the Two Sicilies—ruled by the French Papal States—governed by the Pope Northern Italian States—controlled by Austria Kingdom of Sardinia/Piedmont—ruled by King Victor Emmanuel A •Kingdom of the Two Sicilies—ruled by the French A KV A •Papal States— governed by the Pope P F KV F •Northern Italian States—controlled by Austria •Kingdom of Sardinia/Piedmont— ruled by King Victor Emmanuel Italian term for the movement of unification Risorgimento—nationalist

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    comes from the the latin word Punicus meaning “Carthaginian.” But what cause the punic wars? You may be asking. The main cause of The Punic Wars was interest to the existing Carthaginian Empire and the Roman Republic. The Roman were interested in the Sicily via which was an expansion via that the Carthaginians were in control of. In the beginning of The First Punic War Carthage was the ruling power of the Western Mediterranean. Rome was gaining power in Italy but could not take control of Carthage.

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    which was to be ruled by Victor Emmanuel‚ an independent monarch‚ and Papal States‚ ruled by the pope.). <br>(ref. H.O. #1 p. 29-30) <br> <br>Austria had very strong domination over Italy. It had agreements with Ferdinand‚ king of Kingdom of the 2 Sicilies‚ and helped the pope maintain his kingdom. Only Piedmont Sardinia wasn’t influenced by Austria (ref. H.O. #1 p. 30). <br> <br><b>1815 – 1830 Revolution</b> <br>Almost all "’Italians" hated the foreign influence of Austria on Italy. <br> <br>Metternich

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