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Epic poems were first written in English language over 1,000 years ago. Many writers like Geoffrey, Shakespeare, Congreve and other notable people contributed in English literature.
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In the years between World Wars I and II, several Fascist dictators came to power indifferent European countries. Fascism was founded by the Italian dictator, Benito Mussolini. He is shown here being presented with the gold-hilted sword of Islam by an Arab chief at Tripoli. Mussolini had plans for an Italian empire in Africa, but they ended in disaster.
Fascism
Fascism was a political belief founded by Benito Mussolini. He seized power in Italy in 1922 and set up a dictatorship. His critics were imprisoned or murdered, trade unions were taken over by the state, and all political parties except the Fascists were outlawed. Fascists were organized like soldiers, with uniforms, drill and training in using weapons. Similar training was given to women and even small boys.
At first many Italians supported Mussolini, because he ended strikes and reduced unemployment by building roads and draining marshes. In 1936 he defeated Ethiopia, an ancient African state and made it part of his 'new Roman Empire'. His later wars, as Hitler's ally, were not so successful. In 1943, during the Second World War, when the allied armies invaded Sicily, Mussolini's own supporters drove him out. He was executed by Italian partisans in 1945.
