As a rule, Classicism can be characterized as an issue in writing, visual workmanship, music, or construction modeling that draws on the styles of antiquated Greece and Rome, particularly fifth- and fourth-century b.c.e. Athens and late Republican Augustan Rome. ... The recovery of Greek learning was supported by becoming contact between the Greek and Latin holy places at the Council of Ferrara-Florence in 1438 "1445 furthermore by the fall of Constantinople to the Turks in 1453, after which Greek émigrés escaping the city took up habitation in Italy and brought home the bac...

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Because "all things of men are in motion," the only motion that can be made by a republic is either to rise in prosperity or to fall in failure (D I.6.23). ... Ingratitude stemming from suspicion often causes a corrupt republic to come "all the sooner to tyranny," as was the case with the Rome of Caesar who "took by force what ingratitude denied him" (D I.29.66). Corrupt Rome did not commit to the prospects of rewarding Caesar and it was a primary contribution to the downfall of the republic, in Machiavelli's eyes. ... In Rome, "that fear made them thi...

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Moreover, the movement of unification tied more in Italy itself because Italy was divided, without communication network backward in economy and local rivalry prevented a common front to develop when states were as states localism with different culture, languages, political system and interest prevented any united effort against foreign rule, for example, the position of Rome was the central position of any unifying movement. ... As Fisher says "Mazzini was the Saint of Italian unification but he was doomed to failure because he could not foresee that the unification with Rome and the entire ...

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/Nettezza urbana about street cleaners in Rome, it wasn't until the fifties where he began to form his style and focus on middle class malaise. ... La signora senza camelie (Camille without Camellias, 1953) concerns the rise and fall of a young movie star. ... "In Rome, two lovers conclude an affair, having ˜nothing left to say to each other,' and the woman drifts into another affair with her mother's handsome stockbroker. ...

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In the mid-1980s, just as the new historicists, with their invocation of "the historicity of texts and the textuality of history," were transforming the way readers understood the English Renaissance, Umberto Eco's novel The Name of the Rose became both a critical success and a bestseller. (1983) Widely celebrated as a postmodern historical novel, this dazzling mixture of thick historical research and popular detective fiction invited its readers to view historical fiction as an academically respectable genre and a vehicle for recovering and reimagining the past in unconventional ways...

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The 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome mark the true turning point and initiated the drug real crack down by the International Olympic Committee (IOC). ... The banned substances and techniques fall into the following categories: • Androgens Synthetic substances like Anabolic steroids that increase testosterone and epitestosterone levels, thereby improving muscle strength and endurance. ...

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Beginning in March 1934, Mussolini met a group of Spanish politicians and generals in Rome who were opposed to the Second Republic. ... They took part in the fighting around Madrid and participated in the fall of Málaga in February 1937. ...

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The author subsequently presents him to have abnormal powers to explore the earth and heavens from a chariot drawn by dragons, and he is seen flying to Rome, where there is a celebration to honor St. ... Satan disobeys God, and the uprising led by him in the Heaven results in the fall of Satan and angels from the light to darkness and suffering. ... Nevertheless, his pride, defiance, and desire to gain more authority than God makes him rebel against God and eventually fall down to Hell together with other rebellious angels. ...

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Becket had traveled twice to Rome in order to gain the Pope's favor away from Eustace, son of Stephen. ... Consequently, Henry and Becket had an infamous falling out over these numerous opposing sides. ...

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Synopsis Born on January 27, 1756, in Salzburg, Austria, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was a musician capable of playing multiple instruments who started playing in public at the age of 6. Over the years, Mozart aligned himself with a variety of European venues and patrons, composing hundreds of works tha...

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Therefore the different inclination of people to suicide mustn't be linked with climatic conditions but must be linked to the civilizations and their distribution in these countries also to shared common beliefs and ideas In case of Italy, it's capital shifted to the centre with the conquest of Rome in 1870 leading to a shift in the economics, artistic and scientific activity and suicide rates, thus proving that social causes, instead of climatic conditions, affected suicide. ... Ferri & Morselli also said that when weather changes from cold to hot, the organism unaccustomed to heat...

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This research paper critically analyses the controversies surrounding the politics of power in gender relations within the Roman Catholic Church. Historically, the unequal power structure between the different genders (male and female) in the Hebrew Bible relegated women and placed them in positions...

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It is true that during his reign Japan has seen a territorial expansion in Asia not unlike that of Genghis Khan's Mongolia or Julius Caesar's Rome but the question remains whether Hirohito played an active role in that expansion. ...

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Andreas Behnke's Fall 2002 POSC 303 Final Paper Structural Outline. ... Egoryan's proposal is based on examples, the following is his argument: "[an] example of Within Continental Globalization procedure is the creation of the Roman empire, when Rome spread the norms of his life in conquered areas/provinces/. ...

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Even with this new continuing growth, the demand for the focus of the culture to be taken out of the capitol and the country's government seemed to fall short and leave the rest of the country disappointed. ...

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It is mentioned in Irish History that St. Patrick banished all the snakes from Ireland. This seems an impressive feat and we seem to be able to confirm it as fact as Ireland is indeed a country without snakes. However, the more realistic, and more mundane reason why there are no snakes in Ireland is...

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Bismarck's Domestic Policy 1871-1890. Along with getting an IB Paper 3 question about Biz's foreign policy, you might also (instead?) encounter a question about the domestic policy that Biz pursued as Chancellor of the German Empire from 1871-1890. So let's deal with that now. OK? ...

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