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  2. Etruscan language - Wikipedia

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    Etruscan (/ ɪˈtrʌskən / ih-TRUSK-ən) [3] was the language of the Etruscan civilization in the ancient region of Etruria, [a] in Etruria Padana [b] and Etruria Campana [c] in what is now Italy. Etruscan influenced Latin but was eventually completely superseded by it. The Etruscans left around 13,000 inscriptions that have been found so far ...

  3. Etruscan origins - Wikipedia

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    Etruscan origins. A map showing the extent of Etruria and the Etruscan civilization. The map includes the 12 cities of the Etruscan League and notable cities founded by the Etruscans. In classical antiquity, several theses were elaborated on the origin of the Etruscans from the 5th century BC, when the Etruscan civilization had been already ...

  4. Etruscan history - Wikipedia

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    Etruscan history. A map showing the extent of Etruria and the Etruscan civilization; the map includes the 12 cities of the Etruscan League and notable cities founded by the Etruscans. Etruscan history is the written record of Etruscan civilization compiled mainly by Greek and Roman authors. Apart from their inscriptions, from which information ...

  5. Etruscan alphabet - Wikipedia

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    The Etruscan alphabet was used by the Etruscans, an ancient civilization of central and northern Italy, to write their language, from about 700 BC to sometime around 100 AD. The Etruscan alphabet derives from the Euboean alphabet used in the Greek colonies in southern Italy which belonged to the "western" ("red") type, the so-called Western ...

  6. Etruscan civilization - Wikipedia

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    The Etruscan civilization (/ ɪˈtrʌskən / ih-TRUS-kən) was an ancient civilization created by the Etruscans, a people who inhabited Etruria in ancient Italy, with a common language and culture who formed a federation of city-states. [2] After conquering adjacent lands, its territory covered, at its greatest extent, roughly what is now ...

  7. Etruscology - Wikipedia

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    Etruscology. Etruscology is the study of the ancient civilization of the Etruscans in Italy (Etruria), which was incorporated into an expanding Roman Empire during the period of Rome's Middle Republic. Since the Etruscans were politically and culturally influential in pre-Republican Rome, many Etruscologists are also scholars of the history ...

  8. Tyrsenian languages - Wikipedia

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    Tyrsenian (also Tyrrhenian or Common Tyrrhenic), [1] named after the Tyrrhenians (Ancient Greek, Ionic: Τυρσηνοί Tyrsenoi) is an extinct family of closely related ancient languages put forward by linguist Helmut Rix in 1998, which consists of the Etruscan language of northern, central and south-western Italy, and eastern Corsica (); the Raetic language of the Alps, named after the ...

  9. Linear A - Wikipedia

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    Linear A was the primary script used in palace and religious writings of the Minoan civilization. It evolved into Linear B, which was used by the Mycenaeans to write an early form of Greek. It was discovered by the archaeologist Sir Arthur Evans in 1900. No texts in Linear A have yet been deciphered.