Etruria
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Information for Authority record
Name (Hebrew)
אטרוריה
Name (Latin)
Etruria
Coordinates
11.838912 11.838912 42.227871 42.227871 (gooearth )
Associated country
Italy
MARC
MARC
Sources of Information
- Merriam-Web. geog.(Etruria: Ancient country in cen. Italy, covering region now comprising Tuscany and part of Umbria; home of Etruscans, a people of uncertain origin who established a civilization by ab. 7th cent. B.C.)
Wikipedia description:
Etruria ( ih-TROOR-ee-ə) was a region of Central Italy delimited by the rivers Arno and Tiber, an area that covered what is now most of Tuscany, northern Lazio, and north-western Umbria. It was inhabited by the Etruscans, an ancient civilization that flourished in the area from around the 8th century BC until they were assimilated into the Roman Republic in the 4th century BC.
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