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the centuries, Italy has received many cultures from lands around the Mediterranean and beyond the Alps, which either superseded prevailing Italian cultures or were absorbed by them.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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In the absence of direct records beyond accidental allusions , and because of the com- plete lack of climate statistics for the remote and even more any recent past , inferences are made by Huntington on the basis of archaeological ...
In the absence of direct records beyond accidental allusions , and because of the com- plete lack of climate statistics for the remote and even more any recent past , inferences are made by Huntington on the basis of archaeological ...
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CHAPTER XII Linguistic Inferences and Conclusions Although in the absence of written records the harvest of linguistic facts in this section on prehistoric Italy is of necessity meager , I chose to render a detailed account because ...
CHAPTER XII Linguistic Inferences and Conclusions Although in the absence of written records the harvest of linguistic facts in this section on prehistoric Italy is of necessity meager , I chose to render a detailed account because ...
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the complete unavailability of records . If it is true , as it appears to be , that Latium , perhaps all of Italy , was rather thinly settled before the Iron Age , and that communications were poor , then we may also believe that these ...
the complete unavailability of records . If it is true , as it appears to be , that Latium , perhaps all of Italy , was rather thinly settled before the Iron Age , and that communications were poor , then we may also believe that these ...
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