This guide will assist in finding resources on the social, religious, intellectual, scientific, artistic, economic, and political aspects of various cultures from ancient times to the early modern era.
In ancient times, Latium comprised a limited area E and S of the Tiber River that extended to the Alban HillsIn the 3d cent. B.C., Rome subdued all of Latium.
Known as the cradle of civilization, the Mediterranean was opened as a highway for commerce by merchants trading from Phoenicia. Over succeeding centuries Carthage, Greece, Sicily, and Rome were rivals competing for dominance of its shores and trade.
The Thracian Bronze Age was similar to that of Mycenaean Greece, and the Thracians had developed high forms of music and poetry, but their savage warfare led the Greeks to consider them barbarians.
Culture
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From Encyclopedia of Archaeology: History and Discoveries The Linear B script was in used in Minoan Crete and Mycenaean greece in the period between 1450 and 1200 b.c.
From Britannica Concise Encyclopedia (c. 8th-4th centuries BC) Art of the people of Etruria. Characteristic achievements are the wall frescoes-painted in two-dimensional style-and realistic terra-cotta portraits found in tombs. Bronze reliefs and sculptures are also common.
Peoples
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Etruria: Land of the Etruscans (3:48) -- Greek Influence on Etruscan Culture (3:50) -- Evidence from Etruscan Mausoleums (4:15) -- Etruscan Art and Greek Influence (3:22) -- Etruscan Architectural Design (3:31) -- Etruscan Paintings and Ruins (6:13)
From The Columbia Encyclopedia