The Tongues of Italy: Prehistory and HistoryHarvard University Press, 1958 - 465 pagine Through the centuries, Italy has received many cultures from lands around the Mediterranean and beyond the Alps, which either superseded prevailing Italian cultures or were absorbed by them. But the result is always a mixture. The linguistic evolution of Italy parallels this development, and presented as part of the cultural history it beomes a colorful and exciting tale.--dust jacket. |
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... human failure appears to be proven by the fact that within recent times human effort , and not a new climate , has again improved the yield of the land in many places which had lain desolate and barren since antiquity , for exam- ple ...
... human failure appears to be proven by the fact that within recent times human effort , and not a new climate , has again improved the yield of the land in many places which had lain desolate and barren since antiquity , for exam- ple ...
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... human behavior , and more con- cerned with archaeological evidence runs like this : “ A culture is defined as an assemblage of artifacts that occur repeatedly associ- ated together in dwellings of the same kind and with burials of the ...
... human behavior , and more con- cerned with archaeological evidence runs like this : “ A culture is defined as an assemblage of artifacts that occur repeatedly associ- ated together in dwellings of the same kind and with burials of the ...
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... human existence on earth , made practically no material progress at all . The improvement in tools 10,000 years old ... human beings , at least as anthropoids , as we must since they possessed a human culture , shown in their Italy in ...
... human existence on earth , made practically no material progress at all . The improvement in tools 10,000 years old ... human beings , at least as anthropoids , as we must since they possessed a human culture , shown in their Italy in ...
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