Home  - Basic_I - Italy History

Books Baby Camera Phones Computers Games DVD Electronics Kitchen Magazines Music Garden Software Tools Toys Video Apparel & Accessories Jewelry & Watches Musical Instruments Health & Personal Care Beauty Sports & Outdoors Office Products

e99.com Bookstore

Images

Newsgroups

1-20 of 190    1  | 2  | 3  | 4  | 5  | 6  | 7  | 8  | 9  | 10  | Next 20

A  B  C  D  E  F  G  H  I  J  K  L  M  N  O  P  Q  R  S  T  U  V  W  X  Y  Z

Italy History:     more books (99)

The Oxford Illustrated History of Italy (Oxford Illustrated Histories) A Concise History of Italy (Cambridge Concise Histories) by Christopher Duggan, 1994-05-27 A History of Contemporary Italy: Society and Politics, 1943-1988 by Paul Ginsborg, 2003-01-01 Italy: An Illustrated History (Illustrated Histories) by Joseph F. Privitera, 2000-10-01 Pomodoro!: A History of the Tomato in Italy (Arts and Traditions of the Table: Perspectives on Culinary History) by David Gentilcore, 2010-05-25 Between Salt Water and Holy Water: A History of Southern Italy by Tommaso Astarita, 2006-07-17 A Traveller's History of Italy (Traveller's Histories Series) by Valerio Lintner, 2008-12 The Force of Destiny: A History of Italy Since 1796 by Christopher Duggan, 2008-04-28 Nature and History in Modern Italy (Ecology & History) The Complete Idiot's Guide to Italian History and Culture by Gabrielle Ann Euvino, 2001-10-01 The history of Italy by John Adams, Francesco Guicciardini, 2010-05-13 Modern Italy: A Political History by Denis Mack Smith, 1997-12-01 History of Modern Italy: Documents, Readings and Commentary by Shepard B. Clough, S. Saladino, et all 1969-01 Rome and Italy: Books VI-X of the History of Rome from its Foundation (Penguin Classics) (Bks.6-10) by Titus Livy, 1982-08-26

lists with details

1. Italy History Home Page
   The History of Italy. Updated 10/16/01. Back to History of Italy Index Page.Go to a summary of Italy's Chronology. Back to the Arcaini Home Page.  
   http://www.arcaini.com/ITALY/ItalyHistory/ItalyHistory.html
   
   Extractions: The History of Italy Since earliest times Italy has been impacted by cultural and political divisions resulting from the country's contrasting geography and by circumstances that made Italy the theatre of many important struggles over power in Europe. I have split the article into different pages to avoid lengthy download

2. Italy: Celebrate All Things Italian! Books DVDs Videos
   rental, tuscany vacation, tuscany restaurants,Italy map, italy hotel, rome italy,veniceitaly,italy travel, italy information, italy history, italy vacation E  
   http://www.artviva.com/Books italy general.htm
   
   Extractions: by Monica Larner (Author), Travis Neighbor Ward (Author) The title of Living, Studying and Working in Italy says it all: this book is intended for would-be expatriates with an eye for Italy. The authors have both had extensive experience living and working in the Bel PaeseNeighbor was in Florence for four years while Larner still lives in Rome, where she is a journalist for Business Week. Together they have pooled their experiences and collective knowledge of living abroad to address the practical side of living, working, or studying in Italy. The first thing you might notice about this book is that it lacks references to Italy's great art, popular tourist sites, and best hotels. But remember, this is no ordinary guidebookleave the tourist stuff to others and let Neighbor and Larner take you on a tour of everyday life as an expatriate in Italy. Here you'll find information about taking language courses and teaching English, volunteering for archeological digs, and starting a business. There are plenty of practical tips about visas, banking, residency requirements, andalas!taxes. There are lists of language schools, volunteer opportunities, and internship programs as well as information about freelance, part-time, and full-time employment opportunities. In short, this guidebook extraordinaire might just be an expatriate's best friend in Italy

3. FOCUS On ITALY - History
   italy history of ITALY. As a nation state, Italy has emerged onlyin 1871. Until then the country was politically divided into a  
   http://www.focusmm.com/italy/ithist_1.htm
   
   Extractions: A s a nation state, Italy has emerged only in 1871. Until then the country was politically divided into a large number of independant cities, provinces and islands. The currently available evidences point out to a dominant Etruscan, Greek and Roman cultural influence on today's Italians. T he earliest human settlements within the territory of present-day Italy date almost certainly to the initial phase of the Quaternary era (Pleistocene). This period was characterized by frequent alternation in climatic conditions, with consequent phases of expansion and retreat in the Alpine and Apennine glaciers and relative variations in sea level. W ith the Iron Age Italy and her population practically enter the historical period. Until the end of 5th century A.D. Italy was dominated a number of tribes, and finally the Romans. The last hundred years of the Western Roman Empire, from the second half of the 4th century, coincided with large migrations of Germanic peoples (Visigoths, Vandals, Burgundians, Huns, Heruli, Alemanni etc.) who on different occasions settled within her territories. At the same time economic conditions also reflected the political instability of the imperial government, it deteriorated gradually and was accompanied by a chronic fall in population. I t was in this period that the influence of the Christian church began to make itself felt more consistently. This was in contrast to the progressive orientalization of the Empire, now focused on its new capital of Costantinople, founded by the emperor Constantine between 326-330 on the site of the ancient Greek colony of Byzantium.

4. Italy History
   First Regimental Commander Former 504th PIR Commanders Key Leaders 504th PIRHistory. New soldiers Section. 1504 Homepage. 3-504 Homepage. 504th Homepage.  
   http://www.bragg.army.mil/AFVC-A/Former_CDRs/OLD_CDRS.HTM
   
   Extractions: Mission Regimental Commander's BIO Regimental CSM's Biography First Regimental Commander ... 504th Homepage Former Regimental Commanders 504th Commanders 1942-1966 504th Commanders 1968-1978 504th Commanders 1980-1993 504th Commanders 1995-1999 ... Webmaster ALL COMMENTS AND SUGGESTIONS ARE WELCOME! WARNING OFFICIAL DOD TELECOMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM, INCLUDING THIS COMPUTER SYSTEM, ARE SUBJECT TO TELECOMMUNICATIONS SECURITY MONITORING AT ALL TIMES. USE OF THIS COMPUTER SYSTEM CONSTITUTES CONSENT TO TELECOMMUNICATIONS SECURITY MONITORING. PLEASE READ OUT WEB SITE Mission Regimental Commander's BIO Regimental CSM's Biography

5. Italy History
   North Africa Sicily - Italy - Holland - France/Belgium - Germany - DominicanRepublic 504th PIR Commanders/ Key Leaders 504th PIR History/ New soldiers  
   http://www.bragg.army.mil/AFVC-A/Unit_History/Italyhistory.htm
   
   Extractions: Mission Regimental Commander's BIO Regimental CSM's Biography First Regimental Commander ... Gulfwar/Hurricane Andrew/Uphold Democracy The Devils in Italy On 11 September, the 3rd Battalion Headquarters and G and I Companies, along with the remainder of the 325th Combat Team, swerved south and landed on bloody Salerno beach. The military situation deteriorated with each passing hour as German tanks and infantry forces tried to push the unit back into the sea. The 3rd Battalion troopers dug in and held on. On standby at airfields in Sicily, the 1st and 2nd Battalions of the 504th were alerted, issued chutes, and loaded on aircraft without knowledge of their destination. Receiving their briefing aboard the plane, the men were told that the 5th Army beachhead was in danger and they were needed to jump in behind friendly lines. Flying in columns of battalions, they exited over the barrels of gasoline-soaked sand that formed a flaming "T" in the center of the drop zone. The regiment assembled quickly and moved to the sounds of cannon and small arms fire within the hour. By dawn, the unit was firmly set in defensive positions. The days that followed were, in the words of General Mark Clark, Commander of the 5th Army, "responsible for saving the Salerno beachhead." As the 504th (minus 3rd Battalion) took the high ground at Altavilla, the enemy counterattacked and the Commander of 6th Corps, General Dawley, suggested the unit withdraw. Epitomizing the determined spirit of the Regiment, Colonel Tucker vehemently replied, "Retreat, Hell! Send me my other battalion!" The 3rd Battalion then rejoined the 504th, the enemy was repulsed, and the Salerno beachhead was saved.

6. Studying At The Rome Center: Links - Italy History, Art And Architecture
   italy history, ART AND ARCHITECTURE (including MUSEUMS, EXHIBITS CULTURAL SITES). ITALIAN ART, ARCHITECTURE. Web Gallery of Art  
   http://depts.washington.edu/roma/study/linksitalyhistoryartarch.html

7. Italy History - Introduction Geography People Government Economy Communications
   italy history Introduction Geography Population Government Economy CommunicationsTransportation Military Issues Maps Flags. Support our Sponsor  
   http://www.workmall.com/wfb2001/italy/italy_history_index.html

8. Italy History - Introduction Geography People Government Economy Communications
   italy history Introduction Geography Population Government Economy CommunicationsTransportation Military Issues Maps Flags. -Back to italy history Index.  
   http://www.workmall.com/wfb2001/italy/medieval.html

9. Italy History
   ITALY. Italy's The powers in Europe, including Austria, Spain, andFrance, all tried to extend their dominion to Italy. Napoleon  
   http://www.nationbynation.com/Italy/History1.html
   
   Extractions: BACK TO THE FRONT PAGE BASIC INFO. GEOGRAPHY GOVERNMENT BACK TO THE FRONT PAGE BASIC INFO. GEOGRAPHY GOVERNMENT ... ITALY Italy's forebears, the Romans, dominated the known Western world from about 500 years before Christ until the fifth century A.D. In the fourth century, the empire began to falter when it was divided between Rome and Byzantium. While the Byzantine empire strengthened, Rome suffered waves of barbarian assaults which led to its functional dissolution into small nobilities and independent cities. These city-states eventually achieved considerable power. Venice and Genoa came to control the seas, while Florence and Sienna became wealthy through agriculture and commerce. This wealth provided the underpinnings for the Renaissance which bloomed between the 13th and 15th centuries. The powers in Europe, including Austria, Spain, and France, all tried to extend their dominion to Italy. Napoleon set up a Kingdom of Italy (as a French satellite) but his death resulted in t return to the old situation with Austria dominating in the north. In the 19th century, nationalism began to stir and another Kingdom of Italy was brought about by Garibaldi and di Cavour in 1861. It was strong enough to take Venice from Austria and absorb the Papal States in 1870. Though the country was united in land, old divisions died hard: church and state, urban industry versus rural agriculture, north against south. In World War I, Italy joined the Allies but the cost was high: more than a million dead and immense suffering. The post-war period fostered the rise of Fascism, as Italians dealt with economic problems, fear of communism, and ineffectual government. Mussolini was invited by the king to take over the reins of government in 1922. He quickly became despotic. and joined with Hitler in the Axis. World War Ii was a disaster for Italy, which suffered from Allied attacks beginning in 1943. Mussolini was deposed in 1943 King Victor Emmanuel III ordered his arrest but Hitler saved him. Mussolini proceeded tos et up another Fascist regime in the north, while the south, having prudently switched sides, welcomed the Allied forces as liberators. In 1946, the country voted to abolish the monarchy but republican politics have brought an astonishing 50-plus governments to power since the end of the war. Only in the 1990s have significant political reforms been enacted to bring more stability and effectiveness to government.

10. Italy Romantic Italian Vacations, Honeymoons, Cruises
    italy history. Italy became a nationstate belatedly - in 1861 when the city-statesof the peninsula and Sicily were united under King Victor EMMANUEL.  
    http://www.europeanvacationguide.com/Italy_History.html
    
    Extractions: Italy became a nation-state belatedly - in 1861 when the city-states of the peninsula and Sicily were united under King Victor EMMANUEL. The Fascist dictatorship of Benito MUSSOLINI that took over after World War I led to a disastrous alliance with Nazi Germany and Italian defeat in World War II. Revival followed. Italy was a charter member of NATO and the European Economic Community (EEC) and joined the growing political and economic unification of Western Europe, including the introduction of the euro in 1999. Persistent problems include illegal immigration, the ravages of organized crime, corruption, high unemployment, and the low incomes and technical standards of southern Italy compared with the more prosperous north. With us you enjoy the benefits of our exclusive agreements with the world's leading luxury cruise lines, luxury hotels and luxury tour companies. This brings you unsurpassed value in the world of upscale travel, including outstanding amenities such as complimentary upgrades, privileged access opportunities and private events at many top international and domestic destinations.

11. Italy Heaven: Italy History
    History of Italy. History is everywhere in Italy, steeped into thesurroundings and the consciousness of the country to a degree  
    http://www.italyheaven.co.uk/history.html
    
    Extractions: Italy Heaven: Plan your dream holiday in Italy Italy Home About Italy Get there Accommodation ... Special offers History is everywhere in Italy, steeped into the surroundings and the consciousness of the country to a degree that can amaze those from other lands. The first major civilisation to have left its remains for modern tourists to admire was that of the Etruscans. Perceived nowadays as a 'mysterious' people, as we know relatively little about them, the Etruscans were a sophisticated people who traded throughout the the Mediterranean from their base in Central Italy. Their carefully-constructed, highly-decorated cities of the dead can be visited in Tuscany and Lazio. While the Etruscans thrived to the north, the Greeks occupied the southern tip of Italy, which became known as Magna Grecia. Impressive Greek temples still stand at the sites of some of their former colonies in Sicily and other parts of the south. Dislodging both the Etruscans and the Greeks, a small kingdom from near the sea in the centre of Italy began increasing in power. From relatively humble beginnings (later elevated into romantic mythology), ancient Rome took control of most of the known world. When it outgrew its kings, Rome became a Republic, and following that, an Empire. Extensive traces of the Roman Empire can be seen through Europe, the Middle East and Africa, but there can be little to compare with the power of seeing the ruins of the Forum in Rome, the heart of all that power, glory and myth.

12. Basic Search
    Great Britain History ; United States History ; World War, 19141918 ; France History1789-1799, Revolution ; France History ; italy history ; Germany History  
    http://intra.trinity.wa.edu.au/webopac/default.asp?n=s&c=ITALY HISTORY

13. CyberSpace Search!
    SEARCH THE WEB. Results 1 through 6 of 6 for italy history.  
    http://www.cyberspace.com/cgi-bin/cs_search.cgi?Terms=italy history

14. IExplore - Italy History, IExplore Italy Travel - Travel Italy
    GUARANTEED! italy history of Italy Some say that the people of Italy have civilizedEurope twice, once in ancient times and again after the Middle Ages.  
    http://www.iexplore.com/dmap/Italy/History
    
    Extractions: Though it gave Europe a vision of cultural unity, Italy itself only achieved political unity in 1870. Before then, modern-day Italy was a collection of squabbling kingdoms, dukedoms, city-states and papal states often dominated by outside forces. Although currently unified under the government in Rome, the country is still divided into 20 distinct regions, each with its own landscape, history, dialects, artistic styles, foods and architecture. For many visitors, it is Italy's diversity that lends the country its most distinctive charms.

15. 504 - Italy History
    italy history (View the map). Most men of the 504 were reluctant toleave their newfound home in Sicily; grapes were ripe for one  
    http://home.hawaii.rr.com/pir504/italy.html
    
    Extractions: Most men of the 504 were reluctant to leave their new-found home in Sicily; grapes were ripe for one thing, the language was much easier than the thousand and one Arab dialects encountered in Africa, and then the Sicilians, who were firmly convinced that their homeland was now an "American Island", were quite willing to show their new bosses a good time. An order from Fifth Army headquarters, however, returned the regiment to Kairouan, North Africa, where it became immediately evident that another parachute mission was in the wind. Replacements were absorbed by the companies, training was resumed, and the 3rd Battalion was once again detached from the regiment - this time they were sent to Bizerte for special beach assault training with the Rangers and the 325th Glider Infantry. Orders soon came for the 504 to return to Sicily; a more suitable jumping-off place for the invasion of Italy. They again boarded planes in Africa and flew, this time undisturbed by enemy and friendly flak, to Comiso, and Trapani, Sicily. Weeks of preparation for a jump at Capua, briefings, tiny scale models of the proposed drop zone expertly carved by former German toy makers - were forgotten. The mission to Capua had been cancelled; the enemy had been warned and was waiting on the DZ.

16. 504 - Italy History, Page 10
    italy history, Page 10 (View the map). As the LSTs loaded with paratroopersgot under way, the Germans were dropping shells into  
    http://home.hawaii.rr.com/pir504/italy10.html
    
    Extractions: As the LSTs loaded with paratroopers got under way, the Germans were dropping shells into the harbor, as though in some final frantic gesture to keep the 504 from leaving; like a murderer's last stab at his executioner. This had been a costly campaign for the 504 - but ten times as costly for the enemy. During the eight-week period, 120 paratroopers were killed, 410 wounded, and 60 missing in action. Many lessons had been learned at Anzio, and many men had been lost. It was a good place to bid farewell. After one uneventful night on the water, the small convoy turned in toward the coast and before long the port of Pozzuoli, from which the regiment had sailed on the mission to Anzio, hove into sight. The big LSTs nudged their noses up to the beach, dropped their ramps, and the already entrucked troops rolled out onto land again. Bagnoli, the bivouac area, was but fifteen minutes from the heart of Naples by way of the local railway system and was the site of the projected Italian World's Fair. Many fine buildings, statues, and other architectural features typical of this type of exhibition were in evidence. The 504 was quartered in the modern, and only recently constructed Italian University for the education of Ethiopian students. The buildings of the university were spacious and an excellent example of modern Italian designing. Once firmly ensconced in their quarters at the university, the regiment fell into a daily routine which for the most part, consisted of very light training, turning in equipment, and taking off for Naples at every opportunity. General Clark reviewed the regiment at a ceremony held in honor of the 3rd Battalion and presented Col. Freeman, the battalion commander, with a Presidential Unit Citation for the battalion's outstanding performance at Carroceto.

17. Vicalvi, Italy History
    Vicalvi italy history Click on maps for full size version (180 k files),Vicalvi, italy history Download from Internet site www.flashnet  
    http://www.endex.com/gf/family/vicalvi/vicstoria.html
    
    Extractions: Castled on high ground that dominates the Western end of the Valley of Comino, Vicalvi is an ancient center of Samnite origin. Ancient Cominium has been recorded at some length, but the research on more recent history in the Comino Valley is lacking. Following Roman occupation, Vicalvi was dominated by the Longobardi until 856, under whose rule the Abbey of Montecassino was built, about 30 km South of Vicalvi. Vicalvi is built on a rock outcropping, its profile dominated by the imposing massive structure of the longobardo castle of the XII century. In the XVI century, during the war for dominance of the Italian peninsula, this impregnable fortress housed the troops of emperor Charles V during battle against Francis, the king of France. Its name derives from "Vicus Albus" that is white village, for the characteristic shade of its native sand.

18. Italy History - Italian History
    History, Versione Italiana. The battle of Trasimeno • Voto 6 (1)• Vota In the steps of Hannibal at the scene of the battle.  
    http://www.italiaplease.com/eng/category/imagine/history/

19. Italy History
    Home,  
    http://www.interlinkbooks.com/Italy_History.html

20. Italy History
    Chaney introduction by Harold Acton A Traveller’s Companion to Venice edited andintroduced by John Julius Norwich A Traveller's History of Italy by Valerio  
    http://www.interlinkbooks.com/Italy_History_Text.html

A  B  C  D  E  F  G  H  I  J  K  L  M  N  O  P  Q  R  S  T  U  V  W  X  Y  Z

1-20 of 190    1  | 2  | 3  | 4  | 5  | 6  | 7  | 8  | 9  | 10  | Next 20