Sicily

Corinth was the major distributor of Italy, Sicily, and the western nations; making it, “the mart of Asia and Europe.” Because of its heavy trade and importance for the region, it was surrounded by ships to protect its market, thus obtaining a respect for its strong Navy. It was famous for its buildings…

Italian is also a member of the Romance group of the Indo-European language family. The Italian language is more similar to the Latin language than any other Romance language, which makes sense because Latin originated in Italy. Latin was just one of several Indo-European languages in Italy. As a group, these languages are sometimes referred to as the Italic languages. The other Italic languages include Faliscan, Osean, Umbrian, and Venetic. The Italian language derives mainly from Vulgar Latin,…

did contribute to his success. Of the six tenants to mission command, General George S Patton was able to conduct each one to a degree of success. Although he did have set backs, like his incident with the soldiers suffering from battle fatigue in Sicily, on the whole, his soldiers did trust him to lead them into battle. He was also a commander who diligently planned the orders he would give his subordinate commanders and thus his use of mission orders conveyed a clear commander’s intent and…

being on television and seeing her son Harry become successful. The movie Malena uses, so much more themes as courage, lust, and cherishing memories are used. Courage is seen in the movie when, Malena was getting beat up by the women of Castelcuto, Sicily, Malena returns to town after her long lost husband finds her at least and were reunited. After Malena was being so disrespected by the people of the town, she leave and go to the food market alone which is showing great courage. More courage…

money from other city-states to improve its military strength against Persian's invasion and built its state’s temples, such as Parthenon, without collecting taxes from the Athenians (Dr. K.E. Carr, 2015). Athenians also bullied Spartan allies such as Sicily Island. Its actions outraged the inferior states which later asked for Sparta assistance to stop Athens. Another cause was the Spartan jealousy and desires of more itself and the unhappiness of military glory (N.S.Gill, 2015). As a result, 3…

Archimedes was a great mathematician. He lived in Syracuse, Sicily. He was born around 287 BC. During his childhood he may have studied in Alexandria, Egypt. During his time there he newly considered Conon of Samos (who was close in age to Archimedes) a friend. Later in life, nobody knows if he had a wife or children. He died around 212 BC. There are different stories of how he died. One is that when Romans Soldiers captured Syracuse, a soldier found Archimedes working on a math…

Went bankrupt five times under Philippe II 's rule. He also got to a point were supporting the costs of the Spanish Military became impossible. He was able to expand the Spanish Imperium the biggest empire in terms of extension. First he conquered Sicily and Napoli in 1554 and also Portugal and the Algarve in 1580, making the long-awaited dynastic union that lasted sixty years. It was also King of England and Ireland jure uxoris, by his marriage to Mary I, between 1554 and 1558. Territorial…

Dwight D. Eisenhower: An American Leader Time is running out, the war is in action and one sole decision could change the success of the different armies at war. How would an average person react if put in this position? Has anyone ever been through so much stress? Dwight D. Eisenhower has. Dwight D. Eisenhower, a five star general and president of the United States, has made multiple decisions in his life that have changed the United States' military as well as their success. Eisenhower…

After the unification, the middle class or “Borghesia”, takes over because they were the ones with the most money and they were the ones that were able to adapt to this change, which was the unification of the country. This class was also divided on the inside as there were different types of “Borghesia”, and these were the “Grande”, “Media” and “Piccola” (Labini, 105), these can basically be translated into high, middle and low. Each subdivision of the middle class had different types of…

WW2 was, as we all know, one of the most infamous wars in history. With over 60 million deaths or injuries, it is definitely one of the wars with the most casualties. It is memorable because of its outcome, purpose, and many war heroes. It was the axis powers vs the allies in an all out war against each other. Nearly 21 years after WW1 the war officially began. After World War 1 a treaty called the Treaty of Versailles was signed, it stated that Germany would have to take responsibility…