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E-book A Brief of History of Italy
A “Brief History of Italy?” Isn’t that impossible? Well, sort of, so we’ve kept it very general to provide the reader with merely a survey. Though Italy is really a new nation only coming into being in 1861, the geographical area we now refer to as Italy has had a long, rich, and diverse history. This survey will take you through pre-Roman times with the Greeks and Etruscans to the Roman Republic, Roman Empire, and the fall of Rome. Italy then broke into various republics, city-states, and kingdoms, being subjected to outside control and invasions by Muslims, Normans, Germans, French, Spanish, and Austrians and, incidentally, creating a nightmare for historians and you. Italy was finally united in 1861 becoming the Kingdom of Italy and then becoming a constitutional republic in 1946. Italians have always been loyal to family, town, region, and church, and have never thought much of central authority. Italy consists of the geographical size of the states of Florida and Georgia combined. It has 20 regions (which we would think of as states) and 94 provinces (which we would think of as counties). Interestingly enough, five of the regions have greater autonomy than the remaining fifteen, but that’s a story for another essay.
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