Alps

longest ever river. The Murray River flows between Mount Kosciuszko (Southern Alps) and Goolwa (South Australia), The river is also more than 60 million years old. The Murray Darling is a big long river that is located in Australia, this river is a historical river and a major tourist point. The Murray Darling is 2,530 KM…

In Australia, there is currently a dual electoral system. In the House of Representatives (lower house), there are 150 single-member seats with preferential voting (Find source). However in the Senate (upper house), there is a single-transferable proportional vote (STV) for each multi-member state (Find source). The proportional representation electoral system is believed to, according to Duverger’s Law, lead to a multi-party system (Find source). Despite this, the Australian House of…

After crossing the Alps, Hannibal met the Romans and crushed them in the battle of Trebbia, using his war elephants. War elephants were used for Carthage against Rome and were a terror to Infantry (Youtube 4:42-4:50). After the battle of Trebbia, Hannibal and his army tried…

River, but Hannibal had already crossed it. A remarkable achievement achieved by Hannibal, was when he crossing over the Alps in whilst fighting off guerrillas from the local tribes who moved heavy stones in their path. After 15 days of trying to cross, Hannibal had exited the Alps with 20,000 infantry, 6,000 cavalry and 37 of his war elephants. Three years after crossing the Alps, He battled with Roman General Publius' army with little assistance from Carthage, but was able to kill lots of…

Italy Italy, also known as The Heart of the Mediterranean, is located in the center of the Mediterranean. Home of many illustrious tourist attractions such as The Colosseum , The Venice Canals, or Lake Como. Italy has it all with beautiful cities and so much things to do. One day you can go from eating pizza in Naples then the other you could be climbing Florence’s Duomo. Italy is an amazing country with alluring scenery and a rich history to go along with it. Physical Geography Like I stated…

Lesile Stephen, British mountaineer turned author of the book “The Playground of Europe”, this essay defines the characteristics of those who start at 3:00 A.M. to summit peaks of mountains before noon, braving wind, ice, glaciers, and the lights the Alps have to offer. Stephen compares mountain climbing as a sport to formal sports concluding that the beauty of climbing isn’t that climbers are the fittest or even the most skilled, but that climbers compete for the personal gain of summiting,…

had already formed. Most of the people that lived in Italy at the time were the Mycenaeans, Phoenicians, and Greeks. They migrated west by ship via the Mediterranean Sea. In the second millennium B.C. the Latin’s migrated through the passes in the Alps to settle in primitive farming villages. In Italy there were different languages spoken and different cultures that could…

As mentioned before it is clear that those who did not follow Christianity as their religion was an enemy to the Catholic Church. When “Bishop Robert [II] of Tours was returning from Rome and while in the Alps he and his companions were killed in their tents at night by brigands.” Though it may be presumptions to state that these brigands were hired by an enemy domain, as there is a lack of evidence in this case; there is at least some evidence that there…

The sun was setting over the horizon. The sky is getting imprinted with blue and grey undertones.Trees are blowing in the breeze. The city of Brig, Switzerland is shining brightly with yellow lights. One house on Kirchgasse Street, was all quiet. There was an argument between two girls named Isabelle and Sarah. They were both very young. Isabelle was 10 years of age and Sarah was 15 years old. Isabelle had destroyed Sarah’s project about their family tree. Sarah had included an item that was…

In Heidi, a classic novel written by Johanna Spryi, one of the most meaningful themes the author explores is respect for nature. The reader sees two contrasting settings as Heidi, a young orphan girl, grows up by the Swiss Alps in the beginning of the book. As the story progresses, Heidi’s environment changes again. This time instead of being surrounded by great mountains, grass, and goats, she was near stone streets and large buildings in Dorflί. Since I grew up in a rural area, I can…