The Etruscans, whose heartland was Etruria (land of the Etruscans), in present day Tuscany in the western part of central Italy, originally also controlled part of northern Italy, along the lower River Po. However, they then lost this area to an invasion by the Gauls. By the time of the Romans it was already a Gaul area. The Etruscans had already become confined to Tuscany.
the Italian peninsula
The Etruscans were a civilization that lived on the northern part of the Italian Peninsula. They were the people who founded Rome. Later, the Romans revolted from them.
Etrusca is the name given to an ancient civilization in Northern Italy, so I assume you're referring to what is now called the Italian or Apennine Peninsula. The three nations on this peninsula are Italy, San Marino, and Vatican City.
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The early settlers of the Italian peninsula were many different groups and spoke many different languages. Here are most of them: the Latins (including the first Romans), the Umbrians, the Etruscans, the Ligurians, the northern mixed peoples, the Celtic tribes, the Illyrians, the Oscans and the Greek.
Italian Alps
Venice, Milan, Florence, the papal states, and the kingdom of naples
There are actually two: West of the northern part of Italy is the Ligurian Sea, bounded by the island of Corsica and northern Italy. West of the southern part of Italy is the Tyrrhenian Sea, bounded by the islands of Sicily and Sardinia and the southern half of the Italian Peninsula.
Iberian peninsula Italian peninsula Greece peninsula
The Italian Peninsula
The Iberian Peninsula is much larger than the Italian Peninsula. The Iberian Peninsula is about 590,000 km2 in area, while the Italian Peninsula is only about 300,000 km2 in area.
Italian Peninsula's population is 26,171,000.
Southern Europe is distributed into 4 groups, Iberian Peninsula, Italian Peninsula, Balkans and 'Other' I will name one from each group Iberian Peninsula- Spain Italian Peninsula- Italy Balkans- Slovenia Other- Romania (Northern Dobruja is considered southern European and sometimes Wallachia).
Northern Renaissance: nation-states Italy: city-states Northern: strongly influenced by church Italy: less influenced by church Northern: began after Italy Italy: began before Northern Northern: focused on bible, church Italy: focused on classics (Greek/Roman)
Europe's four most important major landforms are the Alps, the Iberian Peninsula, the Italian Peninsula, the Balkan Peninsula, the Jutland Peninsula, and the Scandinavian Peninsula.
the Italian peninsula
The Alps form the border at the north of Italy.