Medici was an Italian political dynasty. The family originated in the Mugello region of Tuscany. The Medici's political power increased until they came to rule Florence - though officially they were just ordinary citizens rather than monarchs.
Its wealth and influence initially derived from the textile trade that passed through the Arte della Lana guild. Initially they were one of the families that dominated the city government of Florence, and were able to bring it fully under their family power, enabling an environment where art and humanism could flourish. They fostered and inspired the birth of the Italian Renaissance, along with other families from Italy, such as the Visconti and Sforza of Milan, the East of Ferrara, and the Gonzaga of Mantua.
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The civil rights movement was an empowering yet precarious time for Black Americans. The efforts of civil rights activists and countless protesters of all races brought about legislation to end segregation, Black voter suppression and discriminatory employment and housing practices.
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- The ongoing Cyprus dispute: is a conflict between the two communities that coexist in the island: Turkish and Cypriots (connected to the Greek culture). There was a Turkish military invasion in 1974, when the Turkish occupied the Northern third of the island and self-declared the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus, only recognized by Turkey nowadays. In fact, the Republic of Cyprus is recognized in the international community and a single legitimate state, that comprises the whole island.
- Former Yugoslavia: the ethnic conflict in fact led to the Yugoslav Wars and to the disolution of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia in 1992. The different republics that formerly constituted Yugoslavia (he SR Bosnia and Herzegovina, SR Croatia, SR Macedonia, SR Montenegro, SR Serbia and SR Slovenia), declared their independence, even tough there still existed internal ethnic tensions on each.
- Iraq: ethnic conflicts due to the divisions between the Sunni and Shi'ite factions in Iraq. Concerns emerged with the arrival of Sadam Hussein to power. The conflict stills ongoing nowadays.
leading a military expedition during the Civil War
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I want to say that the pens are the swords and the books are the shields, but i think i red that wrong ( sorry, not that helpful this time =w=)
