World History And Perha: The site of Rome was occupied by a Cherokee village, the center of negotiations between the United States government and the Cherokee Nation before the removal of the Cherokee west of the Mississippi. It was not until 1838, four years after Rome was founded, that the last Indians left the town. The city was incorporated in 1847. Late in the Civil War, Rome was occupied by Union forces, and from October 28 to November 2, 1864, it served as headquarters for Gen. William T. Sherman. Pop. 32,226.
ROME, the capital of modern Italy sit 1871, is also the seat of the supreme pontiff the Roman Catholic Church. In general appe; ance, Rome (Italian, Roma) is one of the mi modern of European capitals, with fine new bull ings and some impressive new suburbs. It is al a baroque city: most of the historic buildings the tourist area date from about 1600 to 17! But this style itself derives from the classical tr dition, and many splendid monuments of the cla sical period remain. Rome is known as the Ete nal City, the epitome of world history and perha the finest monument to Western civilization.
By the 16th centt craft of shell cameo-making had again b< flourish, both in the Italian and in the Frei Flemish cities. Shell cameos continued to 1 in Italy and France until the end of tl century, when the demand died out. Mo century shell cameos show some deteriorati the world's leading museums contain a fai ber of Renaissance examples. A majority c cameo pictures are found on helmet-conches, on pearly Meleagrina shells, and nautilus shell. The big helmet-like cameo used to decorate libraries, and reception The smaller pearly cameos were tastefully and worn as wristbands, earrings and nee A cameo made from shells was perha crudely elemental to suit the formal 18th c taste.
The bagpi; which has become Scotland's national instrume was introduced in the 15th century; the clarsa and the Jew's harp are much older. In the 1£ and 19th centuries, Niel Gow (1727-1807), W liam Marshall (1748-1833), and others helped establish the violin as a solo instrument and al for accompanying dancing. In Scotland, perha more than elsewhere, folk music has been debas by commercialism and ignorance of the true tr dition.
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