Sardinia

The Crusades were started as an attempt by Pope Urban II to regain Jerusalem from the Muslims in order for the Catholic Church to regain their Holy Land. In 1212, following the Fourth Crusade’s failure to acquire the Holy Land and only succeed in trashing Constantinople, another crusade began, but this crusade lacked the public support that the other crusades had. This crusade was the Children’s Crusade, the pilgrims of which were thousands of children of various ages. The crusade lacked real…

chance to work on themselves, without any foreign rulers keeping them in fear. To prevent Italians from becoming too strong. The people’s aspiration to advance their economy, lead to support in the expansion of industry and transportation within Sardinia, one of the Italian states. The Italian people had a thirst for building their country to be superior, with this in mind the people wanted foreign rule out of their influence in Italy’s economy. Cavour also pushed another form of political force…

to restore the medieval all-inclusive realm. His opponents were in this way the European national states; particularly France; the German rulers; the Turks; additionally the Pope. He controlled the Netherlands, Bohemia, Hungary, Naples, Sicily and Sardinia. Administering Spain implied controlling Spanish America and in Charles' chance Cortés took Mexico and Pizarro overpowered Peru. The abundance of Spain paid for his actions to control Western Europe. He tried to keep Europe religiously…

The author of; Where Olive, Lemon and Laurel Trees Grow (2010), Slobodan Dan Paich, discusses the Mediterranean, giving evidence that there are other views to be looked at other than the nationalistic view as is normally presented. Paich lets the reader know at the very beginning of the article that there is no specific hypothesis which he is attempting to prove or disprove. Instead he would like to bring forth evidence of many cultural similarities and the diversity of culture throughout…

What happens when a country’s commoner population is worn-out, hungry and overtaxed by their King? And the peasants and commoners outnumber your ruling classes three to one? When they organize themselves because they are just tired of being hungry and watching as their children starve to death? You can only push your subjects for so long before they plan a revolt. The French Revolution was brought on by many factors but mostly because the king was out of touch. Beginning in the late 1600s Europe…

A place where disproportionate number of people live a healthy life for a very long time, such as Sardinia, Okinawa, Loma Linda, Ikaria, and Costa Rica. Sardinia, Italy is among of one of the blue zones spots, which produces a local wine with highest levels of polyphenols and antioxidants. The diet higher in selenium, zinc, calcium, and phosphorus content of goat’s milk, which are essential for the ideal immune system activity promote healthy aging. Another advantage is the strength in their…

There were many different causes that led to the French Revolution. There was an excessive monarchy, overspending of money being, a ton of debt, and rising taxes. The debt was caused from The Seven Years war where the French came out defeated, also from the generous spending during the American Revolution. France had an average amount of debt compared to other countries but “the problem lay with the inability of the royal government to tap the nation’s wealth through taxes to service and repay…

much bigger than medieval armies, and to pay for them, governments had to create heavier taxes and re-organize their administrations. The huge costs to finance the wars were also a big contribution to the states’, such as Milan, Sicily, Naples, and Sardinia in Italy, debts. The economy of Europe doubtlessly suffered immensely to fund the religious wars that were occurring for over a…

Introduction The 19th century movement towards Italian unification which concluded in the establishment of The Kingdom of Italy on March 4th 1861 is called ‘’the Risorgimento’’. ‘’The Risorgimento was an ideological and literary movement that helped to arouse the national consciousness of the Italian people, and it led to a series of political events that freed the Italian states from foreign domination and united them politically.’’ (Risorgimento | Italian history | Britannica.com. 2015) The…

being rich in tradition and culture. However, honeymooners can also have a romantic getaway in Italy’s islands. The island of Capri takes you to the Amalfi Coast and its turquoise waters bathed in beauty and tranquillity. Meanwhile, the island of Sardinia boasts of beautiful beaches and picturesque towns. 5. Greece Have a Greek honeymoon and be awed by Santorini’s sapphire waters and amazing cuisine. A honeymoon in Greece will not be complete without a Greek island cruise sailing in the clear…