Once upon a time many years ago in Sicily there lived a young boy and his family. The boy’s name was Francesco. He was born in Sicily‚ the place where his father‚ Giorgio‚ and his mother‚ Maria‚ had grown up. His family owned a pizza shop in town called “Giorgio’s Pizzeria.” Although their pizza shop was everyone’s favorite place to get pizza‚ they were still very poor. Ever since Francesco was born‚ and until he was ten‚ he had always wanted to be a baker and own a pizza shop just like his
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How the Mafia Works The Mafia has controlled everything from the street corner drug trade to the highest levels of government. Glorified by movies and television‚ hounded by law enforcement officials‚ marked for death by their enemies‚ mobsters live violent and often brief lives. The Mafia at its core is about one thing -- money. Still‚ there are secret rituals‚ complicated rules and tangled webs of family loyalty.In this article‚ we’ll find out how people get into the Mafia‚ what the Mafia does
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Solozzo and the coruppt cop‚ when they meet at a bar. The entire killing is planned out meticulously‚ and Michael succeeds. He now has to flee to Sicily‚ to escape from the police. After this the plot gets divided into 2 parts: 1. As the Don is bedridden‚ Sonny takes control of the family and begins killing ruthlessly for revenge. 2. In Sicily‚ where Michael is in hiding‚ he falls in love with a local girl and gets married to her. Turning point 2 The second turning point‚ as far as
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out of an altercation between Messana and Syracuse. The Messanians asked Carthage for help and Syracuse asked Rome for help. The Strait of Messana‚ which separated the Italian Peninsula from Sicily‚ was important strategically‚ and both Carthage and Rome responded. The Punic army (Carthaginians) arrived in Sicily and mediated peace between the two and established a military base. When the Roman army arrived‚ they drove off the Punic army from the military base and war ensued (Columbia
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B.C.for 17 years. The third and final war lasted 49-146 B.C‚ for 3 years. The first Punic War was fought over the control of Sicily and the Western Mediterranean. Since Rome was very agricultural they had an interest in Carthage‚ which was controlled more by sea power. In the first part of the war‚ Rome made an alliance with the town of Hieron in north-east Sicily. This was led by Claudius and Marcus Valerius Messalla in 263 BC. The Romans won more land in 262 BC with the towns of Segesta and
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General George Patton was given the name “Old Blood and Guts” by his men. He was an American General that soldiers admired and enemies feared intensely. He had a reputation for being reckless‚ daring‚ and Innovative. From a young age he was groomed for the military. He rose through the ranks of the Army‚ and became one of the most elite generals of the 20th century. His innovation and tactics still influence the battlefield to this day. George Smith Patton JR. was born on November 11‚ 1885
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however‚ Alcibiades‚ son of Clinias‚ who wished to thwart Nicias both as his political opponent and also because of the attack he had made upon him in his speech‚ and who was‚ besides‚ exceedingly ambitious of a command by which he hoped to reduce Sicily and Carthage‚ and personally to gain in wealth and reputation by means of his successes‚” (Thucydides‚ Book VI‚ chapter XVIII). While‚ Nicias is the virtuous protagonist‚ “This or the like was the cause of the death of a man who‚ of all the Hellenes
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Mt Etna Volcano Research Basic Information of the Volcano The Location and Height of Mt Etna Mt Etna is Europe’s tallest and active volcano. It is 3340 m over the city of Catania which is located on the east coast of Sicily. More than 25% of Sicily people live on the slopes of Mt Etna‚ agriculture and tourism are the major sources of income on this island. How it was formed‚ the Tectonic Plates Involved and What Type of Volcano is it? Mt Etna is a stratovolcano ( another name is a composite cone)
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with reference to the Carthaginians’ Phoenician ancestry. The main cause of the Punic Wars was the conflict of interests between the existing Carthaginian Empire and the expanding Roman Republic. The Romans were initially interested in expansion via Sicily (which at that time was a cultural melting pot)‚ part of which lay under Carthaginian control. At the start of the first Punic War‚ Carthage was the dominant power of the Western Mediterranean‚ with an extensive maritime empire‚ while Rome was the
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The first Punic War began in 264 B.C. and ended in 241 B.C. A few causes of the war include Carthage’s fear that Rome would conquer the Island of Sicily‚ and Rome’s fear that Carthage would control the Mediterranean and prevent them from expanding their territory. Another cause of the war is Rome’s interference with an issue on the Island of Sicily about a battle between Syracuse and Messina. Rome sided with
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