The Tongues of Italy: Prehistory and HistoryThrough the centuries, Italy has received many cultures from lands around the Mediterranean and beyond the Alps, which either superseded prevailing Italian cultures or were absorbed by them.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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Whether the palaeolithic people of Italy were actually anni- hilated is a difficult question to answer , again for obvious lack of evidence . Patroni , at least , believes that a Mediterranean race does not arrive from Africa ( or the ...
Whether the palaeolithic people of Italy were actually anni- hilated is a difficult question to answer , again for obvious lack of evidence . Patroni , at least , believes that a Mediterranean race does not arrive from Africa ( or the ...
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However , an ethnic movement from this direction is by no means out of the question , as the Etruscan arrival in Italy will show . " Other scholars think that the Elymi are autochthonous Mediterra- neans who differentiated themselves ...
However , an ethnic movement from this direction is by no means out of the question , as the Etruscan arrival in Italy will show . " Other scholars think that the Elymi are autochthonous Mediterra- neans who differentiated themselves ...
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There can be no question of offering in this chapter anything more than a brief discussion in general terms ... argument of the present book as a whole.1 As usually , there are two basic questions to be asked : Who were the Etruscans ?
There can be no question of offering in this chapter anything more than a brief discussion in general terms ... argument of the present book as a whole.1 As usually , there are two basic questions to be asked : Who were the Etruscans ?
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