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The origins of Carthage are not exactly known, history assumes that the city was born out of an exiled Queen, Dido, who found refuge in a North Africa City state and trading the land she could get from an oxhide that she possessed managed to scrap some land which became the foundation of the soon to become, albeit short lived, empire of the Carthage. Some argue that this is fable and the descendants of Carthage were rather the Phonecians from Tyre who acquired land over the natives of Africa,…

Tommy guns, fedoras, slick black suits; put all these together and a pretty clear picture comes to mind, a Mafia man. Throughout time, things like the Mafia have been in existence. Today, gangs in big cities are the main source of the criminal underbelly. The visual in the appendix depicts FBI agents finding a burial ground for the Mafia’s own. With all these incidents, even today we are able to pinpoint when the Mafia truly began to gain power; during prohibition and how gangs have risen to…

Out of all the Italian cuisines nothing is more famous than Tortellini, with the exception of ravioli of course. Tortellini is considered the ambassador of Italian cuisine. The word tortellini comes from the Italian plural of tortellino, diminutive of tortello ‘small cake, fritter. The shape tortellini is often said to come from a legend. Legend has it that, a peeping Italian innkeeper, looking through a keyhole, spied the belly button of a bathing beauty, that inspired him to make tortellini.…

UNITED STATES v. SALERNO, 481 U.S. 739 (1987) History: Anthony “Fat Tony” Salerno, a supposed member of the La Cosa Nostra crime family, was detained by the federal courts before the actual trial due to the 1984 Bail Reform Act. The federal court system believed that Salerno was not only a part of a prominent crime family in New York, but that he was potentially dangerous to the community. Facts: Salerno was indicted for several different charges due to the Racketeering, Influence and Corrupt…

Jessica Baeza: Response Paper 4-September 20, 2014 1) History of Italy a) Italy was under the control of the Roman Empire from the first century until the fifth century. Once the Roman Empire fell, Italy was left without a concrete form of government and was constantly invaded. In the period of 1870 until 1922, Italy becomes a constitutional monarchy (Italy: History). “Modern Italy is democratic republic, and has been since the modern constitution came into effect in 1948. This followed a…

1.1 Introduction Lavasa is a private, planned city being built near Pune, Maharashtra, India. It is stylistically based on the Italian town Portofino. A 25,000 acres (100 km2) or 8,000 acres (32 km2) project being developed by Hindustan Construction Company [1], this as-yet-incomplete city has been controversial for multiple reasons including procurement of land, harm to the environment, and loans acquired through political corruption. In our term paper we will be mainly focusing on the…

Carthage was the ancient Phoenician city-state situated in present day Tunisia on the African continent. She had her influence extending over much of the present day coast of North Africa as well encompassing some parts of present day Spain and the islands of the western Mediterranean Sea (Morey, 1901). Initially Carthage was a colony of Tyre and she got her independence at around 650 BC (Morey, 1901). Just like Carthage, Rome was a super power of her time. She grew out of the Roman republic and…

The Mafia are some of America's favorite bad guys. They are the subject of countless television series, movies, and books. When people hear the term Mafia or Mob, they may often think of the violent and ruthless tactics they used to get what they wanted. What many do not realize is that, from the early to mid-twentieth century, the Mafia had a hand in many aspects of American culture that people still enjoy today. Prohibition arose out of the Progressive Era at the end of the eighteenth century…

Archimedes Accomplishments Archimedes was born in Scilly in 287 BC, he is known for being one of the greatest Greek minds during the Classical Age due to his contributions to science. However, he was not just a scientist he was also a great mathematician with his mathematical formula that illustrates how to get the volume of a sphere, and he was an amazing inventor too as he had numerous of inventions that we still use today. Archimedes contributions to the topic of physics are endless but, one…

Archimedes is humble because he doesn't brag about his amazing ideas, intellect, and inventions. One example is, “ According to Plutarch (c. 46–119 C.E.), Archimedes had so low an opinion of the kind of practical invention at which he excelled and to which he owed his contemporary fame that he left no written work on such subjects.” From this, you could conclude Archimedes was humble because he wasn't bragging or boasting about his intellect by writing about his works, like many mathematicians…