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the centuries, Italy has received many cultures from lands around the Mediterranean and beyond the Alps, which either superseded prevailing Italian cultures or were absorbed by them.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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... population of Italy has undergone extraor- dinary variations in the course of history . Any estimates concerning population in prehistoric times are , to say the least , daring . And for the Roman Age also , though we are in a better ...
... population of Italy has undergone extraor- dinary variations in the course of history . Any estimates concerning population in prehistoric times are , to say the least , daring . And for the Roman Age also , though we are in a better ...
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... population lay prostrate . The vigorous German invaders from the north- Ostrogoths , Visigoths , Langobards did mix to some extent with the natives , though not as intensively as one might expect , and re- juvenated Italian civilization ...
... population lay prostrate . The vigorous German invaders from the north- Ostrogoths , Visigoths , Langobards did mix to some extent with the natives , though not as intensively as one might expect , and re- juvenated Italian civilization ...
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Prehistory and History Ernst Pulgram. 47,000,000 inhabitants , and the population growth continues at an increasing rate , as of course it does in the rest of the world . The density of population has increased between 1871 and 1947 from ...
Prehistory and History Ernst Pulgram. 47,000,000 inhabitants , and the population growth continues at an increasing rate , as of course it does in the rest of the world . The density of population has increased between 1871 and 1947 from ...
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