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the centuries, Italy has received many cultures from lands around the Mediterranean and beyond the Alps, which either superseded prevailing Italian cultures or were absorbed by them.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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... constituted a rich source of income for local farmers . No trace of such forests remains today . Even in the last century of the Roman republic the situation had grown so bad that pine for ships and other woods had to be imported from ...
... constituted a rich source of income for local farmers . No trace of such forests remains today . Even in the last century of the Roman republic the situation had grown so bad that pine for ships and other woods had to be imported from ...
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... constituted a convenient bridge across which the Northern and Southern Villanovan cultures could further interact and fuse . At stations like Vetulonia or Tarquinia one can distinguish a pre- Etruscan Southern Villanovan culture which ...
... constituted a convenient bridge across which the Northern and Southern Villanovan cultures could further interact and fuse . At stations like Vetulonia or Tarquinia one can distinguish a pre- Etruscan Southern Villanovan culture which ...
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... constituted on the whole a lower type of colonate in terms of motivation , industry , and skill than their earlier counter- parts . They came no doubt from a lower social order than earlier colonials . Transferring these characteristics ...
... constituted on the whole a lower type of colonate in terms of motivation , industry , and skill than their earlier counter- parts . They came no doubt from a lower social order than earlier colonials . Transferring these characteristics ...
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