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the northern part of Italy, he wished to control the rest of it. (Durant 547). Napoleon appointed his brother Joseph the king of Naples and introduced the Napoleonic code to help the kingdom flourish (Durant 547). After four years of being the king of Naples, Napoleon sent Joseph to be the king of Spain and appointed his step-brother Joachim Murat to be king of Naples (Durant 547). The final part of Italy for Napoleon to conquer was the mid section (Durant 549). In 1796 Napoleon seized the Papal…

In A Visit from the Goon Squad by Jennifer Egan, many of the characters in the book deal with events in their lives that impact the way they turn out in the future. Many of these characters have things that happen in their lives when they were children or adolescents that cause a change. The novel was written to show these changes by having the time periods of the chapters not in chronological order. The characters are shown in different parts in their life and shows how they came to be a…

income. Early in the year 1894, Al Capone’s father came to New York amongst many other immigrants looking to start their lives over. At the time, his father Gabriele was just thirty years old and had his degree from Naples. After graduating Gabriele had started his career in Naples as a barber. He was married to a woman named Teresina (Teresa). Teresa was pregnant with their third child while they already had two sons. Their eldest was Vincenzo and had an infant called Raffaele. In the year…

Perhaps one of the driving factors in the rise of arquebuses was that the previous siege revolution made commanders feel that they had to innately aggressive in their battle tactics. It also made commanders see guns as the future of warfare, even if firearms at the moment still had some drawbacks. This mentality resulted in that the defensive tactics of the fifteen century saw a huge decrease in their effectiveness when artillery emerged on the battlefield at the battle of Crécy in 1346. Siege…

A stratovolcano that caused a Plinian eruption in 79 AD, this volcano killed around 16,000 people when it covered the town of Herculaneum on August 24th, and killed 2,000 residents of Pompeii the next day. Mount Vesuvius located in Naples, Italy is part of the Campanian Arc of volcanoes along a subduction zone created by the African and Eurasian plates. It runs the length of the Italian peninsula along with Mount Etna and Stromboli. The subduction plate under Mount Vesuvius has a part…

Publius Vergilius Maro, commonly referred to as Virgil or Vergil, was considered to be Rome’s greatest poet. He is credited with elevating the traditions of Greek literature that formed the Roman style, manner, and technique of writing. The Romans held Virgil in high regard, and even today he is still recognized for his poetic contributions. His underlying success is mainly attributed to his three major works: the Eclogues Georgics, and the Aeneid. Virgil’s notoriety is not only owed to his…

In January of 20ll the Naples Daily News published a Slippery Slope essay about To-Do-Lists and New Years resolutions. It was a very nice essay, sweet. Because of its sweet sentiment, I am posting it below. It still holds true. However, this time I am going to add a caveat with this introduction—we are no longer in sweet times. The published essay explores the power of To-Do-Lists and how a good list can conquer any obstacle, including New Year’s resolutions. In the essay I explain that around…

When Mary returned from home at Christmas from Ramsgate the tension between her and Mrs. Godwin was very high. Mary’s father began trying to find a way to get her out of the house. On May 25th, 1812, he wrote to a friend, William Baxter, asking that Mary lives with his family for several months. When Baxter approved of her staying she was sent off on June 7th. Living with the Baxter family Mary experienced complete happiness she had hardly ever known. “The Baxter family were a large, loving,…

was the head of the most powerful branch in the family, and knight in the service of Emperor Fredrick II (Brown, Christopher M.). As a boy, he started his education at age 5, and later moved to the Studien Generale, a newly founded university in Naples. At this university, he had access to Petrus de Ibernia, who aside from teaching him geometry, astronomy, and music, taught him the philosophies of Aristotle, Averroes, and Maimonides. In Outliers, Gladwell points out that people who have more…

Nationalism is a love for one’s country and is between groups who share a common heritage. Ideas of nationalism pushed people to strive to unify their common peoples in the 1800s. Reforms that result from nationalist ideas can be either positive or negative, though. In Italy, nationalism helped to bring separate states together, but it also tore Austria apart. Serving as a force for unity in Italy and disunity in Austria, nationalism was a major catalyst for change in the 1800s. Nationalism…