On the other side the Axis powers included Germany, Japan and Italy. ... During the 1930's Japan was very aggressive in Asia and Italy, lead by Mussolini was invading Ethiopia. ... The Allies conquered Sicily in south Italy and Italy surrendered in 1943. ... D-Day is a military term designating the start date for launching an operation, but in modern history it is refers to the events of June 6, 1944. ... The Allies began landing on the eastern coast of Italy attempting to open the road to Rome. ...

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Gothic Cathedrals "Throughout the earlier half of this millennium, one of the grandest stories in European history was written primarily in stone,"" (Gothic Dreams 1). ... Nowhere is the regional diversity of gothic architecture more evident than in Italy, (Kleiner 529). ... Few Italian architects accepted the new Northern Gothic Style north of the Alps. ... In comparison to the virgin soil of England, Italy had earlier civilizations upon it- Etruscan, Roman, and Byzantine- that provided the Italian Gothic with an admixture of styles. ... This made for an abundance of floor space,...

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However, at the time, the Pact was greeted as a turning point in history. ... Italy invaded Abyssinia in October 1935 primarily because he wanted to increase the Italian Empire in Africa and he wanted raw materials and living space for the increasing Italian population. The League denounced Italy as an aggressor and imposed economic sanctions. All trade was banned with League members, accounting for 70% of Italy's trade. It was assumed that this economic pressure would bring Italy to a negotiated settleme...

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It was dated back to 5400 BCE. 3150 BCE (Egypt)- One of Egypt's earliest rulers, King Scorpion 1 was buried with around 700 jars of wine. 3000 BCE (Egypt)- Pharaohs acquired a taste for wine and established their own limited domestic production. 323 BCE (Greece)- It was said that heavy wine drinking caused Alexander the Great's death of a "mysterious " illness. 193 BCE (Rome)-North African wines dominate after septimius severus' rise to power. 146 BCE (Italy)- The Italian peninsula became the world's first wine-producing region, right around when Rome became the lead...

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Still striving to live up to the Napoleonic legend, he joined in revolts in Italy in 1830-1831. ... In 1858, Napoleon III agreed to help Count Camillo Cavour, the Primer of Sardinia in the War of Italian Succession against the Austrians. ... The treaty gave Lombardy back to Italy but kept Venetia under Austrian rule. ... As a result of the Italian War, Louis gained two new "France-haters,"" Italy and Austria. ... Without his name he might not have ever been elected the president to begin with and the course of European history would have been changed. ...

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According to The Basic History of Art, "the sensation of ethereal light, which dissolves the physical solidity of the church and, hence, the distinction between the temporal and the divine realms, creates the intensely mystical experience that lies in the heart of Gothic spirituality"(195). ... In surveying the Gothic era as a whole, it is obvious that there was a gradual shift in emphasis from architecture to pictorial qualities, with painting reaching a climax between 1300 and 1350 in central Italy. ... One of Giotto's best known works is Christ Entering Jerusalem 1304-1306 ...

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August 1914 one of the most historic events in history began. ... For Britain, France and Italy they had to borrow money from the United States to keep the war effort going. By the conclusion of the war Britain was in debt over 3.5 billion dollars, France was almost 2 billion and Italy was just over 1 billion dollars in debt10. ... The Great War as it has become known was a defining moment in modern history the impacts, which were and are felt around the world today. ...

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Bordeaux Bordeaux is a large region on the Atlantic coast, which has a long history of exporting its wines overseas. ... France's domestic wine consumption is on decline and in terms of exports French wine producers are lagging behind Italy and Spain. Outside of Europe, the biggest competition comes from United States, Argentina, Australia, South Africa and Chile; in Europe Italy, Spain and Germany present the biggest threat for French wine producers and exporters. ...

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Throughout history people possessing the same cultural identity (history, language, and customs) have felt a sense of coming together as one nation. ... The two world wars WWI and the WWII were the consequences of this heightened wave of nationalistic ideas in Germany, Italy and the rest of the European nations. ...

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During the French revolution, Napoleon's, along with many others", life change forever, along with it, world history. ... During his Italian campaign of 1796, and Egyptian campaign of 1798, the goal of both being to further the wealth and influence of France while wreaking havoc for other imperialist powers of the day, he did a very smart thing, he encouraged journalists to come and write about him. ...

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The person I interviewed was Marie W, my grandma. She was born on October 17, 1921 in Sidney, Texas. Sidney, Texas is located in Brown county about 25 miles northeast of Brownwood, Texas. There were four brothers and five sisters, including my grandma, that lived. There were two siblin...

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The French Revolution of 1789-1799 was one of the most important events in the history of the world an it led to many changes in France, which at the time was the most powerful state in Europe. ... At this time in French history, the social classes played an important role in the lives of the people. ... Here, many issues would be discussed, and at this time in French history, it would be centered around the economic crisis. ...

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The small number of surviving manuscripts suggests that it was less popular than some of the other histories produced by contemporaries, but it is nevertheless Middle Ages. ... Recent successes in Spain, Prussia, and Italy had been staggering, but they could not compensate for the fact that the defence of the Holy Land stood on the edge of calamity in the face of the Mamluk advance. ...

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Through history civilizations have rose and fell, carved out of nature, dependent on nature, in the end nature took them back. In spite of the fact that individuals in those colonized nations had settled for a huge number of year, had rich and differed history, some of them, particularly in a piece of Africa, were not all that educated. ... Some of the major colonizers known to date are France, Denmark, Spain, Italy, and the United Kingdom (LCN). ...

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The Thirty Years War was a series of European conflicts that lasted from 1618 to 1648. The battles were mainly fought in Germany. The struggle was initially based on the religious conflicts among Germans by the Protestant Reformation, but it was later influenced by other issues and later became dominated by dynastic ambitions. There were four periods in the war, which include the Bavarian Period, Danish Period, Swedish Period, and the French Period. Conflict began when, on May 23, 1618. ...

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