THE BERLUSCONI YEARS
Opening quotation to set the scene
Berlusconi:
.......the Early Years
.......and the Mafia / P2
.......the very oddball (and football!)
........the politician
........brought to account (just about)
Italy's humiliation and Democracy's erosion
There is a plethora of books on Berlusconi.
I shall largely be using Silvio Berlusconi's Italy by Vittorio Vandelli
The Rise and Fall of The Byzantine Empire Founding of Constantinople on site of older Byzantium Fall of Western Roman Empire, Survival of Eastern Empire (Byzantine) Christianity later divides between
From the The Rise of Islam to the Crusading Centuries The Pre Islamic Arabs Origins-Language-Tribal Societies- Attitude of Byzantines and Persians- Jewish contact in Book of Nehemiah Mohammed Early L
Welcome to this first lecture in a new series looking at Jewish and Arab histories Roman Palestine Rome and Jerusalem A very brief introduction of Peoples and their land Jews' troubles begin in the 60