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the centuries, Italy has received many cultures from lands around the Mediterranean and beyond the Alps, which either superseded prevailing Italian cultures or were absorbed by them.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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... Adriatic , the latter has always been less favored culturally , possibly because the Adriatic Sea has always been outside the main traffic lanes of the Mediterranean , particularly before and since the golden age of Venice , and also ...
... Adriatic , the latter has always been less favored culturally , possibly because the Adriatic Sea has always been outside the main traffic lanes of the Mediterranean , particularly before and since the golden age of Venice , and also ...
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... Adriatic Sea , with considerably less precipitation even during the rainy season . The cities of Venice , Bologna , Ancona , Foggia , Bari may receive in the course of the year only two - thirds of the amount of rain that falls on Genoa ...
... Adriatic Sea , with considerably less precipitation even during the rainy season . The cities of Venice , Bologna , Ancona , Foggia , Bari may receive in the course of the year only two - thirds of the amount of rain that falls on Genoa ...
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... Adriatic culture , on the theory that it reached Italy from the Balkan peninsula by way of the Adriatic Sea , remaining untouched by the terramare culture proper . 37 Cf. Whatmough 1937 , 24 . excludes a violent incursion of great ...
... Adriatic culture , on the theory that it reached Italy from the Balkan peninsula by way of the Adriatic Sea , remaining untouched by the terramare culture proper . 37 Cf. Whatmough 1937 , 24 . excludes a violent incursion of great ...
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