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C. The two disagreed over the war in Ukraine and Berlusconi’s friendship with Russian president, Vladimir Putin, who sent him bottles of vodka for his last birthday. When Berlusconi died at 86, Putin described him as a “dear person, a true friend”.
C. After his Fascist supporters marched on Rome in 1922, Benito Mussolini was named prime minister even though his party only held a tiny minority of seats in parliament. He effectively made himself dictator two years later and ruled Italy until he was killed in 1943 during World War II. Berlusconi was prime minister of Italy longer than anyone since the war.
A. The Renaissance was flowering of art, literature, philosophy, science, and exploration that started in wealthy northern city-states like Venice, Genoa, Pisa, Milan, Florence, and Siena. This cultural rebirth spread from Italy to the rest of Western Europe and marked the transition from the Middle Ages to modernity.
B. Lombardy is named after the Lombards, a Germanic people who settled the region starting in 568. It is Italy’s business and industrial center, producing more than a fifth of the nation’s goods and services. Milan is Italy’s largest metropolitan area with outer suburbs extending into nearby Switzerland. Calabria and Molise are in southern Italy, and Tuscany is in the central section of the peninsula.