History of Italy

Italy, also known as the Italian Republic, is a peninsula located in the south-central part of Europe. Italy’s capital is Rome, which is one of the country’s top tourist destinations, it surrounds the Vatican City. Italy is the forefront of the Roman Catholic Church, home to the Pope, and the Vatican Museums. Italy is a culturally rich, mountainous terrain with a climate that varies considerably from the northern part of the peninsula to the southern. The country’s attractive nature is why…

Although I have never experienced the culture of Italy, I expect it to have many differences from the United States. For example, from what I have seen in photographs, architectural styles differ. The people of ancient Rome built enormous structures such as the Colosseum. Other buildings in Italy come from the Renaissance age, such as the leaning tower of Pisa. Besides the different styles in buildings, I have heard that the food in Italy is quite different compared to the food America offers.…

Italian Renaissance (ital. Rinascimento-"rebirth" or "born again") – a period in the history of European culture, which replaced the culture of the Middle Ages and the previous culture of modern times. Renaissance art emerged based on humanism-- currents of public thought, which originated in the XIV century. In Italy, and then during the second half of the XV and XVI centuries spread to other European countries. Humanism is proclaimed the highest value of man and his benefit. The followers of…

Michelangelo was a very famous painter. Michelangelo was born on March 6, 1475 in a city named Caprese, Italy. Michelangelo was also a very talented sculptor who had many famous sculptures. Michelangelo created many inspirational paintings such as The Sistine Chapel, The Last Judgement, and The Creation of Adam. Michelangelo created sculptures such as David, Pietá, Moses, Bacchus, and many more. Michelangelo was an outstanding sculptor and painter with talent well beyond his years.…

The ‘Prince’ was a 17th century literary work written by Niccolo Machiavelli. The book discussed about politics, on how to secure and maintain political power. It consisted of 26 chapters sharing author’s view of how great leader should be or the code of conduct for the princely government. Machiavelli’s intention behind writing the ‘Prince’ was to get the support and appreciation from the Medici family. In this essay, we are going to discuss about some sections and specification of the book,…

Italy Rich in history, Italy has seen it all. It is home to one of the oldest cities in the world, Rome, and has had many inventions, discoveries, and historic events come from it. However, great prosperity comes with many conflicts within the country and others around it. Italy has been involved in many wars ranging from The Punic Wars, The Crusades, and the Italian Wars of the Renaissance to being part of the Italian campaign in the French Revolution, and taking part in the conquests of…

Ages are two periods in time that are extremely vital to European history. Contrary to popular belief, these periods are remarkably unalike in comparison. The Middle Ages, sometimes known as the medieval period, was a time in European history that began in the fifth century and lasted until the fifteenth century. The Renaissance era was a period that expanded from the fourteenth to the seventeenth century. This era originated in Italy at the end of the Middle Ages and eventually expanded across…

same religion, language and history and share a territory. These people often feel that their nation is better, and better off as an autonomous state that rules itself, and they might be willing to go to many extremes to achieve this. This nationalism has affected Italy and Germany as well as Austria-Hungary and the Ottoman Empire. In these countries, nationalism was either a unifying or a dividing factor that affected these countries in positive or negative ways. Both Italy and Germany were…

For me this was never more undeniable than just last month, when I was granted an opportunity to go to Verona, Italy, as a part of something the army likes to call a staff ride. It is a great opportunity as an organization, were we as service members have an opportunity travel, learn something new, build esprit de corps, and share experiences, both past and present. This trip to Verona, Italy completely encouraged my research paper and gave the most extraordinary topic to write about. My…

This essay will examine the citizenship laws of Italy due to the exclusion they have of the children of migrants. Foremost, I discuss the principles of citizenship through establishing what jus sanguinis and jus soli are, and give examples of countries that have laws based on these. Subsequently, I explain how Italy uses jus sanguinis as its basis for its own citizenship laws. However, because of being based on jus sanguinis, migrants and their children are excluded. Therefore, I then use the…