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the centuries, Italy has received many cultures from lands around the Mediterranean and beyond the Alps, which either superseded prevailing Italian cultures or were absorbed by them.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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Pagina 93
... neolithic cultures , which apparently flourished most vigorously in regions where the unforested fertile loess soil made agriculture easy , that is , especially in the loess lands of the Danube and its tributaries , with the mighty ...
... neolithic cultures , which apparently flourished most vigorously in regions where the unforested fertile loess soil made agriculture easy , that is , especially in the loess lands of the Danube and its tributaries , with the mighty ...
Pagina 95
... neolithic barbarian must civilize himself . Recognizing withal his basic im- potence vis - à - vis the uncontrollable powers of nature which may inflict unforeseeable and irrevocable disaster despite all human ef- forts , man ...
... neolithic barbarian must civilize himself . Recognizing withal his basic im- potence vis - à - vis the uncontrollable powers of nature which may inflict unforeseeable and irrevocable disaster despite all human ef- forts , man ...
Pagina 104
... neolithic as well as mod- ern times are in no greater degree ' Mediterraneans ' than the people of England are ' Anglo - Saxons . ' 15 All in all there are sufficient grounds for the hypothesis of a neolithic revolution , in Italy ...
... neolithic as well as mod- ern times are in no greater degree ' Mediterraneans ' than the people of England are ' Anglo - Saxons . ' 15 All in all there are sufficient grounds for the hypothesis of a neolithic revolution , in Italy ...
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