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Metternich said it was a geographic expression only,
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and to an extent he may have been correct.
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The unification comes through Piedmont Sardinia,
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which was the most prosperous part of Italy.
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It's in the north.
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They had the benefits of this French bureaucracy
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of this administration that was centralized
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that allow them to be more prosperous than other parts of Italy.
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It contributes to that.
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They had other advantages, too.
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So, the Napoleonic wave did make a difference.
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Though it's hard when you to go Paris--and if you go to the Louvre,