Europe in the 12th century A.D. was in many ways the same as Europe in the 14th century, but in certain key ways it was also different, with many changes for the better. First of all, in the 12th century, Europe was still in the Middle Ages. Emphasis was on religion, and science was not very adva...

The advancements of Greece, Rome and the Dark and Middle Ages set the foundation for modern European culture. Through literature, inventions, and the church Europe evolved into a distinct civilization. Greece influenced modern Europe with their advancements in literature and the written language....

Italy the Age of the Renaissance During the period 13th and 16th century Europe was in a state of great ebullition and new classification. Wars, revolutions, politico-economical transition, social convulsions and illnesses overwhelmed fatally the stability of Europe. During the period of two c...

French Revolution and NapoleonEurope has been the focal point in history for hundreds of years. It has been the stating and ending place of many empires. Europe in the Nineteenth Century was a very critical point in history. Wars were being fought, boundaries of countries changed, countries were b...

The Middle Ages was a period in Western European history that followed the collapse of the Roman Empire between the 4th and 5th centuries and lasted up into the 15th century. Medieval Europe was far from unified. It was a large area split into small, culturally diverse units that were never totall...

Occidental and oriental clash How dangerous and full of tension may be the society where there reside and develop more than one civilization. Different causes and small events may trigger great and disastrous events. It might be that even more difficult case would be if those civilizations do no...

In the historical process there have been many changes for the advancement of society. Greece, Europe, and Italy all went through radical changes. Their new styles and remarkable advances led them through the Classical and Renaissance periods.Greece was referred to as Classical Greece during the p...

The Renaissance was considered to be a great period of change in the cultureand society of Western Europe. The Renaissance started in Italy and slowlyspread throughout Europe. The church was still a major political, social andeconomic power as well as primary patron of the arts. An emerging middle ...

EuropeFrom June 31 to July 31 1997, my family went to Europe. We went on 4 airplanes the whole trip. We went to 7 countries. Now I will tell you about my trip.On my European trip with my family we took 2 kinds of airplanes to get to Rome, Italy. From Seattle to New York we got a 757, and from New ...

The Italian Renaissance was as the name implies the rebirth of painting. This does not imply that all the advances of painting came from this period but that the masters learned to combine new and old. The list of artist who contributed to the advancement in painting during the renaissance is as div...

The word "renaissance", meaning "rebirth" is perfect to describe the renaissance because the renaissance was a period of creativity and rediscovery (Farah and Karls 402). Developments in art, architecture and literature spread from Italy to the rest of Europe as people revisited the past stories of...

The Middle Ages were dark and gloomy. People lived in castles and rode on horses. They constantly fought each other with swords and shields. That mainly sums up the Middle Ages, right? No wonder most people would rather slide in a DVD, grab a bag of popcorn, and relax on their comfy couch or favorit...

The Greeks were different from the other people of Europe and Asia because of how they thought about humans. They regarded humankind as the highest creation of nature. They believed that humans are the closest thing to perfection and had the power of reason and knowledge. They used this idea of huma...

ANCIENT (3,000 BC – 476 AD) -Egypt & Sumeria – roots of Western Civilization -The Greece – Golden Age -2 periods: Hellenic & Hellenistic (Alexander the Great & followers) -Sophisticated culture–math, philosophy, etc. -Eventually conquered by Rome -2 periods: Roman Republic & Roman E...

In Medieval Europe, politics were organized into a religious hierarchy knows as feudalism. This system dominated Europe for many years. Many factors contributed to breakdown of the feudal system. When this order finally ended it was replaced by an era known as the Renaissance, which would lead to...

Through the centuries, artists have been astounded by the beauty and serenity of Aphrodite, causing various representations of guises and poses. These guises and poses caused such a stir that artists were kept busy to satisfy the hungry collectors (Loggia). "Aphrodite is known as the Greek godd...

Why did it take so long for the European Nations to defeat Napoleon With Napoleon beginning his military career in 1796-7 with victories in the Italian Campaign, a new form of an old threat was realised in Europe. It was obvious that Napoleon was a general to be feared, as the leader of the mo...

The Congress of Vienna, the organizing conference of coalition against Napoleon and France, was a major building block in the future of Europe for years to come. The Conservative Political and Social views of the leaders of the time lead to a successful peace settlement to end this Napoleo...

Albania is a country located in western europe its between grece and italy yogoslavia.This is a very veryold country this this one of the most encient countries in europe and the population tooo,when the roman people were alive that is when albania was alive and when the greek peole were alive too ...

Italy's Economic StrugglesIn the time period between 1700 to 1900 Italy's economic situation was greatly effected by it's disunity and it's distribution among the many countries of Europe. Previous to 1860, Italy was not united, it was divided into separate city-states, or controlled by a foreign po...

I recently attended the play, Brigadoon by Loewe and Lerner, at my local college theater. Through all of the play\'s mystical events and songs, I noticed some very important details. I chose to compare the ideas in the play to some specific ideas held by a group of people in Italy. They mounted th...

Almost all of Italy is on the Italian peninsula that stretches out into the Mediterranean Sea. In northern Italy, lie the Alps and Italy's highest peaks, which are known as Monte Cervino at 14,692 feet and Monte Rosa, which is the highest one at 15,203 feet. One third of the total land surfaces...

RENAISSANCE The Renaissance was a period of European history that would change the world forever. It changed the way people saw art (and other things) and the way people acted. The Renaissance began in 14th-century Italy and spread to the rest of Europe in the 16th and 17th centuries. In this per...

It has been asked if it is fair to consider the Middle Ages as "the Dark Ages" or was it only a continuation of trends that were long underway by the time the Renaissance occurred. Can we say there was no true political expansion? Would we be accurate in saying there were no new thoughts or id...

Italy and Greece ReportItaly is located in southern Europe. Rome was once capital of the Roman Empire, but today is the capital of Italy. Nearly all Italians are Roman Catholics, although many do not attend church regularly. There are about 100,000 Protestants. Italy also has a very small Jewish...