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History Of Italy (18405 words) |
 | Italy no longer had any special and individual place in the empire, and the establishment of the new seat of empire at Constantinople in 330 was symptomatic of the decline of Italy and symbolic of the increased importance of the East, even though the new imperial capital was closely modeled after Rome. |
 | The treaty of peace, which was signed at Lausanne on Oct. 18, 1912, provided for the withdrawal of Italian troops from the Aegean islands as soon as Turkey withdrew all her troops from Libya. |
 | The peace treaty was ratified by the Constituent Assembly on July 31, 1947. |
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Encyclopedia: Peace treaty (1980 words) |
 | Treaties are often ratified in territories deemed neutral in the previous conflict and delegates from these neutral territories act as witnesses to the signatories. |
 | This treaty is considered of such importance in the field of international relations that a reproduction of it hangs in the United Nations headquarters. |
 | The latter treaty is possibly the most notorious of peace treaties in that it is "blamed" by some historians for the rise of National Socialism in Germany and the eventual outbreak of the Second World War. |