From the Dulcimer to the modern grand piano, we have the history of the forever stunning instrument: the piano. The first piano was invented by Bartolomeo Cristofori in Italy in the year 1709. ... "Though this instrument originated in Italy, it was perfected by English builders in the late seventeenth century" (Grover). ... Along with the history of the grand piano, there is also a significant history of the vertical pianos, also known as uprights. ... The first design of a vertical piano was a simple action design by an Italian, Domenico Del Mela, in 1739. ...

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Before leaving Indianapolis, we did some research on the recent history and climate of each city that were going to visit. ... Our first destination was Rome (Italy). Italy is situated in Europe and attached in the north to the European mainland. ... In addition, Religion has been a major force in the shaping of Roman history, politically as much as socially. ... The Italians seemed like very friendly people. ...

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VOCABULARY Archaeology: the scientific study of ancient people and cultures principally revealed through excavation. Cromlech: a circle of megaliths. Henge: a Neolithic monument, characterized by a circular ground plan. Used for rituals and marking astronomical events. Megalith: a stone of great size used in the construction of a prehistoric structure. ...

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He was never defeated in his campaign against Italy, over fifteen years of fighting.3 He was an accomplished politician and judge of character. ... Now while debate raged in Rome for declarations of war, Hannibal did not waste time bickering.9 He packed up 40,000 troops in the early spring of 218 to make a land march into Italy. ... And since Romans had mastery of the sea by this point in time, the only possible discourse by which to transport an army to Italy from Spain was over the Alps. ... He recruited aid from the Gauls of the area and increased his forces to 40,000 infantry and 6,00...

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Some countries such as Italy, Poland and Greece all wanted a piece of the action. ... The biggest example of this was Italy. Italy had originally been allied with Germany and the Austrian-Hungarian Empire, but when war broke out Italy refused to march. Then a year later Italy signed a secret pact with the Allies, in exchange for Italy joining the war on the Allied side, the Allies would give Italy all the land they felt they had a claim to. At the end of the war the Italians never got anything near what they had been promised. ...

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The First Punic War marked the first Roman involvement outside of Italy, and was the beginning of the Romans conquest of the Mediterranean. ... In the late 300's Campanian mercenaries which had been hired by the Greeks seized the town of Messana on the straights separating Sicily from Italy. ... But the Mamertines were of Italian origin other hand, and Rome now stood as the very aware and efficient protector of all things Italian. ... The Romans decided that the whole force couldn't be supplied during the winter in enemy territory, so one consul returned to Italy with part of the tro...

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The Roman Catholic Church was broken up by Protestantism, while in the Eastern Churches, many communities like the Armenians, Ethiopians, Russians and Italians set up their own Patriarchies. ... Many thousands were slain in Rome, Italy. ...

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Germany needed rearmament and domestic consolidation, coupled with the gaining of alliances with Britain and Italy. ... Hitler believed that the history of mankind was really only a struggle for space among peoples, and that the strong survived by gaining the necessary living space from which they could continue to grow numerically, and in terms of racial quality. ... On 6 July 1920, he concluded "for us the enemy sits on the other side of the Rhine, not in Italy or elsewhere." And on August 1st of the same year "we must use everything we can, especially the differences between Franc...

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This time period plays an important role in the history of time because of the main significant events. ... The plague had spread through the East and in Italy in 1348. ... By the end of the next year the plague had reached as far as Norway, Scotland, Prussia, Iceland, and Italy. ... For the first time in history the scales tipped against wealthy landlords as peasants and serfs gained more bargaining power. ... The author was Don Nardo and the name of his book was Turning Points in World History which was publish in 1999 in Sacramento California. ...

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The Vesuvius eruption occurred in the ancient Italy, on 24th August, 79 A.D. ... Vesuvius is the only active volcano located on Italy's west coast, in the borders of the Bay and the modern city of Naples. ... The eruption columns are usually shaped like a mushroom (similar to a nuclear explosion) or an Italian pine tree. ... Pliny the Elder is an influential figure in the history of the Mount Vesuvius. ... The most recent reoccurrence of the Mount Vesuvius activity can be recognized during the history of the World War II on March 18, 1944. ...

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Frenchmen, Italians, Englishmen, Germans, and others all made great contributions and advancements toward the development of music as we know it. ... The Weimer court orchestra had access to Italian sonatas and concertos, and Bach studied, copied, and transcribed many of these works - including those of the great Vivaldi. Through this process, Bach widened his musical vocabulary yet again, adding Italian string influences to his works. Afterward, he began to write his own works in Italian style, including cantatas and trio sonatas for the organ.... (Weinstock 15-18) In 1703, Handel arrived in...

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A baby was born on July 12 or 13 of 100 BC in Rome. Little did the proud parents of this baby know that he would rule most of the known world. This baby was born to the name of Gaius, his personal name, Julius was the name of his family's clan and the name of his family was Caesar meaning hairy. Cae...

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The Great Depression was the worst economic slump ever in U.S. history, and one which spread to virtually the entire industrialized world. ... One leader was Benito Mussolini, a fascist dictator of Italy. He centralized all power in himself as the leader of the Fascist party and attempted to create an Italian empire, ultimately in alliance with Hitler's Germany. ... When Italy declared war on Turkey in 1911, he was imprisoned for his pacifist propaganda. ... After seeing Italy's dictator rise to power, a man named Adolph Hitler was heavily influenced. ...

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Pompeii lay on a plateau of ancient lava near the Bay of Naples in western Italy in a region called Campania, less than 1.6 kilometers from the foot of Mount Vesuvius. ... In 1748, a farmer discovered a wall and the authorities in Italy began a series of excavations. ... The Italian government has provided funding money for this project. ...

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Capital Punishment is a new idea or way of dealing with criminals. This has been around for ages and dates back as far as the 18th century B.C. With more and more liberals stepping forward, more and more laws and bans have been placed and issued concerning the death penalty, or capital punishment. W...

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In the summer of 1940 the Germans, with their allies, the Italians, controlled all of western Europe. ... His Italian and Japanese partners also made mistakes. ... Italy pushed the war into North Africa. ... While the next step was to knock Italy out of the war, no small matter, a joint staff of British and Americans started to plan in the earnest for the great cross-Channel invasion. ... Arnold compared it to the Battle of Gettysburg for its importance in American history. ...

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He was the second of eight children of Carlo (Charles) Buonaparte and Letizia Ramolino Buonaparte, both of the Corsican-Italian gentry. ... He did mention to St Halena that "I fought fourteen campaign: two in Italy, two in Africa and Asia, two in Poland and Russia, one in Spain and two in France3. ... b. 1800 - Second Italy campaign. ... In Italian campaign, one of his divisions covered a distance of 50 miles in merely 36 hours to reach the field of Castiglione for the battle with Wurmser. ... This can be proved during the operation in Northern Italy when to cross a difficult and well de...

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Marketing of nike 2200 Introduction Nike is the number one sport shoes and apparel selling company in the world with around twelve billions in sales in 2000 (Nike History and Timeline). ... History Phil Knight and Bill Bowerman officially created Nike in the late 1970's. ... The Swoosh represents "the wing of the Greek Goddess NIKE" (Nike History and Timeline). ... In order to reach even better these local markets, we can read the European web in five languages (Spanish, German, French, English and Italian) and Latin American in the main two languages (Spanish and Portuguese). ... In...

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William Shakespeare's Comedies, Histories, and Tragedies, Published According to the true Original Copies, also known as the First Folio, was published in 1623, the reference to the author of Shakespeare's works as "our ever-living poet" suggests that the author is dead (Whalen 49). ... It is also necessary that the author be fluent, or at least familiar, in many languages, such as French, Italian, Latin and Greek. ... Some examples of this are Hamlet, which was taken from the French Histoires Tragiques; the French dialogue contained in Henry V; Othello, which was based on the 3 ...

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The purpose of this paper is to discuss the geographical concepts of Brazil such as the culture, history and its importance, language, trade, etc and how they compare to those of the United States. ... Most were Italians and Portuguese, but there were also Spaniards and Germans, and later Slaves from Poland, Russia, and the Ukraine, and Arabs from the Middle East. ... With such a diverse heritage, Bryce Jenkins states that Brazil is considered by many history scholars the "melting pot- of South America. ... Intermarriages by the natives among Portuguese settlers and, later, among African sl...

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It is written around 20 B.C., probably in Rome and in the north of Italy, and perhaps in Greece. ... When Virgil depicts the victims of history-those who suffered in the course of the founding of Rome, like Dido-his tone is tragic and sympathetic. ... Setting place is the Mediterranean, including the north coast of Asia Minor, Carthage, and Italy. ... In the first half of the epic, the falling action is when Aeneas leaves Carthage for Italy at Mercury's prodding, causing the heartbroken Dido to kill herself. ... The events of the epic narrative are already history to the Roman audienc...

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Their history is an old and common one; that of a people being colonized by external empires. ... And as is usually the case with colonized peoples (for instance; Italy, Ireland, the Philippines, etc.), it took the form of indigenous culture and ethnicity, their only heritage -for this is all they would conceivably own under foreign rule. ... Places of significance to the culture, tradition, and history of the Chamorro people shall be preserved as provided by law. Study of the Chamorro culture, including language, traditions, history, and art, shall be an integral part of the public educationa...

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Based in Geneva, the League proved useful in settling minor international disputes, but was unable to stop aggression by major powers, Japan's occupation of Manchuria (1931), Italy's conquest of Ethiopia (1935-36), and Germany's seizure of Austria (1938). ... After World War I severeal treaties were signed (1919-20) in or near Paris, the most important of which was the Treaty of Versailles After World War II separate treaties were signed (1947) by the Allies at or near Paris with Italy, Romania, Hungary, Bulgaria, and Finland. ...

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Then, in 1946 when the United States took back the world record from the Italians, Robert Fitch was one of the first to use the "back facing" method to obtain a world record. ... Until 1941, when the Italian, Adolfo Consolini, took the record with 175 feet, the world record had been almost exclusive property of the United States. ...

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Julius Caesar was born in around early July 100 BCE, he was the son to Gaius Caesar and Aurelia the Governor of Gal while having very closely connection with the Marian faction in Roman politics (History, 2014). ... Caesar is one of the more questionable rulers in history, many debate if he was a Hero or Reformer to Roman society or a Tyrant whom was only looking to conquer the world for himself. ... Julius quickly took over Italy but forgot to keep Pompey and his forces close to him as they fled to Greece (Grant, 1975).The battling would continue on as Pompey had end up in Egypt seeking help...

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