I post the today's class note for skipers.

March 20th, 2008

Ancient Italy

-Bronze Age.

-Influenced by Greeks.

-known Etruscans.

-Greek Historian Herodotus thought poor people from west Asia.

-Now we believe they were always in Italy.

-Northern Italy.

-Learned from Greeks to build cities before Rome + rest of Italy.

-Trading posts and farming villages.

-Greeks found city of Naples

-City of Rome in the middle of north + south

-Etruscans wanted to control this area.

-Stone Temple and Walls build.

-Wanted to control Tiber River.