Italian unification l Background l After Napoleon‚ the Italian states were controlled by France. l Effect: l 1. They experienced the unity under the rule of an efficient government. l 2. They felt that they disliked being ruled by foreign countries‚ therefore nationalist feeling was aroused. l After the Congress of Vienna in 1815-16‚ they were divided into 8 states and the northern part of Italy was controlled by Austria-Hungary. l Again‚ they disliked the alien rule and
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betraying the family. Michael has Carlo killed for helping the Barzini family kill Sonny. The family then prepares to expand and move to Las Vegas. Family Dynamic The Corleone family originated from Italy. Don Vito moved to the United States from Sicily‚ Italy. He came to New York as a young boy after his parents were killed. He grew up poor and began to build his wealth. Don Vito grew his wealth and started his own business in the olive oil industry. He used his olive oil company to launder money
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Italian organized crime figures—mostly Sicilian Mafiosi—have come illegally to this country. Many who fled here in the early 1920s helped establish what is known today as La Cosa Nostra or the American Mafia. Charles “Lucky” Luciano‚ a Mafioso from Sicily‚ came to the U.S. during this era and is credited for making the American La Cosa Nostra what it is today. Luciano structured the La Cosa Nostra after the Sicilian Mafia. When Luciano was deported back to Italy in 1946 for operating a prostitution
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THE MYTH OF DAEDALUS & ICARUS Daedalus was a highly respected and talented Athenian artisan descendent from the royal family of Cecrops‚ the mythical first king of Athens. He was known for his skill as an architect‚ sculpture‚ and inventor‚ and he produced many famous works. Despite his self-confidence‚ Daedalus once committed a crime of envy against Talus‚ his nephew and apprentice. Talus‚ who seemed destined to become as great an artisan as his uncle Daedalus‚ was inspired one day to invent the
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got Lombardy‚ not Venetia. Parma‚ Modena‚ Tuscany‚ and part of Papal States got taken over by nationalists who agreed to ally with Cavour. Garibaldi= southern Italian leader of unification‚ raised army of Red Shirts‚ went to Sicily to help revolt vs Bourbon king. Won Sicily‚ marched up Italian Peninsula. Cavour went down to Naples to intercept him and Garibaldi-- to avoid civil war—retired. 1861 Kingdom of Italy
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Mount Etna – Italy -The ancient Greeks believed Mount Etna to be the home of Vulcan‚ the god of fire — to them‚ Mount Etna’s erupting merely meant Vulcan was forging weapons for Mars‚ the god of war. Etna‚ a composite volcano on the east coast of Sicily‚ has been continuously erupting for over 3‚500 years. That makes it the volcano with the longest period of documented eruptions. It is also the largest active volcano in Europe‚ with an altitude of 10‚922 feet (3‚329 meters) and is in an almost constant
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Albert Einstein (1879-1955) Born: March 14‚ 1879‚ in Ulm‚ Kingdom of Württemberg‚ German Empire Died: April 18‚ 1955 (at age 76) in Princeton‚ New Jersey Nationality: German Famous For: Father of the Atomic Age. Many contributions to science that transformed the modern world Awards: Nobel Prize in Physics (1921)‚ Time Magazine’s Person of the Century (1999) Einstein’s Contribution to Mathematics While Einstein was remembered for his contributions to physics‚ he also made contributions in mathematics
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respect for the snake is interrupted by the voice of his education. Here begins the main internal conflict the narrator faces. The narrator listens to the voice in his conscience say‚ “The voice of my education said to me‚ he must be killed‚ for in Sicily the black‚ black snakes are innocent‚ the gold are venomous. and voices in me said‚ if you were a man‚ you would take a stick and break him now‚ and finish him off. (Line 22)” The narrator’s decision to listen to the voice of his education instead
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Louis XVI (also known as; Louis Capet or before he became king Louis-Auguste) born 23 August 1754‚ in Palace of Versailles‚ Versailles‚ Yvelines‚ France. He was King of France from 1774 until he was removed from his reign in 1789. Around a year later he was guillotined (21 January 1793.) Louis XVI was born of Louis‚ Dauphin of France and Maria Josepha of Saxony‚ Dauphine of France. His grandparents on his father’s side were Louis XV of France and Marie Leszczyńska and on his mother’s side Augustus
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Mediterranean sea which is one of the most complex bodies of water in the world it opens up at the strait of Gibraltar and lies between southern Europe and north Africa. It is vast and intricate and is definitely dragmented it contains islands such as sicily which serve as a cultural meeting point. There were places that were not exposed to culture such as Sardinia which reisted muslim invasion. The mountains occupy the largest part of the peninsulas and between the mountains there are occasional hills
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