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A peninsula of southern [[Europe]] projecting into the Mediterranean Sea between the Tyrrhenian and Adriatic seas. |
A peninsula of southern [[Europe]] projecting into the Mediterranean Sea between the Tyrrhenian and Adriatic seas. |
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Italy did not become a sovereign nation until it's unification in the early 1870s as a Kingdom. Prior to this it was, much like Germany until the end of the Franco-Prussian War (also the early 1870s) a balkanised region made up of a great number of smaller nations. During the middle ages significant states in what is now Italy included the Kingdom of Scicily, the Kingdom of Naples, the Kingdom of Lombardy, the Republic of Florence and great trading city-states like Genoa and Venice. The Roman Catholic Church also controlled large tracts of the peninsula. |
Italy did not become a sovereign nation until it's unification in the early 1870s as a [[Kingdom]]. Prior to this it was, much like [[Germany]] until the end of the [[Franco-Prussian War]] (also the early 1870s) a balkanised region made up of a great number of smaller nations. During the [[middle ages]] significant states in what is now Italy included the Kingdom of [[Scicily]], the Kingdom of Naples, the Kingdom of Lombardy, the Republic of [[Florence]] and great trading city-states like [[Genoa]] and [[Venice]]. The [[Roman Catholic Church]] also controlled large tracts of the peninsula. |
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Italy is roughly shaped like a boot, with Scicily being the ball about to be kicked through the Straits of gibraltar and into the [[Atlantic Ocean]]. |
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Revision as of 21:37, 12 August 2003
A peninsula of southern Europe projecting into the Mediterranean Sea between the Tyrrhenian and Adriatic seas.
Italy did not become a sovereign nation until it's unification in the early 1870s as a Kingdom. Prior to this it was, much like Germany until the end of the Franco-Prussian War (also the early 1870s) a balkanised region made up of a great number of smaller nations. During the middle ages significant states in what is now Italy included the Kingdom of Scicily, the Kingdom of Naples, the Kingdom of Lombardy, the Republic of Florence and great trading city-states like Genoa and Venice. The Roman Catholic Church also controlled large tracts of the peninsula.
Italy is roughly shaped like a boot, with Scicily being the ball about to be kicked through the Straits of gibraltar and into the Atlantic Ocean.
