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Etruria (former group of nations/states/cities) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 43 30 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 43.5000 decimal degrees |
| Long: 011 00 00 E degrees minutes |
Long: 11.0000 decimal degrees |
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Note: Includes area of Etruscan culture in central Italy, particularly the confederation of 12 or 13 city states: Arretium, Caisra, Clevsin, Curtun, Perusna, Pupluna, Veii, Tarchna, Vetluna, Volterra, Velzna, Velch, and Rusellae. Etruscans possibly arrived from Asia Minor in 9th century BCE, or were of local origins; modern scholars believe they include early Villanovan culture; economy was based on agriculture, mining iron and copper, and harvesting forests; was noted as fierce maritime power; flourished in the 7th-3rd centuries BCE, culture had been absorbed by Roman culture by 1st century BCE. |
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| Etruria (preferred,C,O,English-P)
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............ | Roman name |
| אטרוסקי (C,U,Hebrew )
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| Rashna (H,V)
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............ | Etruscan variant name for Rasna, believed to be Etruscan name for their lands |
| Rasna (H,V)
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............ | believed to be the Etruscan name for their lands; according to Dionysius of Halicarnassus, they called themselves Rasenna |
| Tuscia (H,O)
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............ | Roman variant name for the area |
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| former group of nations/states/cities (preferred, C) |
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| historical region (C) |
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| confederation (H) |
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| Etruscan (H) |
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| former nation/state/empire (C) |
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