A Brief Travel History of Italy
Brief Travel Histories can be Read in 2 Hours or less, Referenced in 5 Minutes or less
Few countries hold the charm that Italy has. Rome the eternal city is full of Roman ruins and Baroque wonders. Florence, the cradle of the renaissance, is an art lover’s paradise. The enchanted Venice with her bridges and canals is memorial for any traveler.
They are Brief
This Brief Travel History of Italy allows you to read about Italy’s past from the Stone Age to the present in just 1 hour, whether you are planning a trip to Italy or just traveling vicariously as an armchair traveler this eBook is for you. You can read it before your trip or while you are flying to your destination. Also pack it in your smart phone and use it to access historic information while you are traveling in 5 minutes or less.
The chapter headings with corresponding date ranges and estimated reading times are listed below:
Introduction (2 minutes)
1. Prehistoric Italy: 500,000 BP-800 BC (6 minutes)
2. Greek Influence in Italy: 800 BC-600 BC (4 minutes)
3. The Etruscans: 1,000 BC-5 BC (4 minutes)
4. Roman Italy: 753 BC-AD 410 (15 minutes)
5. The Early Middle Ages: 410-1024 (8 minutes)
6. The Later Middle Ages: 1024-1400 (8 minutes)
7. The Italian Renaissance: 1400-1642 (11 minutes)
8. The Enlightenment: Rule by the Spanish Habsburgs and the Counter-Reformation:
1600-1713 (4 minutes)
9. Rule by the Austrian Hapsburgs and the Italian Enlightenment:
1700-1796 (13 minutes)
10. The Modern Era: The Risorganento and Unification: 1790-1861 (15 minutes)
11. The Modern Era: The Liberal State and World War I: 1861-1922 (5 minutes)
12. The Modern Era: Fascism and World War II: 1922-1945 (5 minutes)
13. The Modern Era: The Italian Republic: 1945- Present (4 minutes)
Quick to Reference while Traveling
This eBook is part of a series of Brief Travel Histories, found at www.BriefTravelHistories.com that traces the past of European countries from the Stone Age to the present in 2 hours or less.
These histories serve as a quick reference which puts historic information at your fingertips while you are traveling! Choose the historic period and date range you want by clicking on the appropriate chapter heading in the table of contents, you will be brought to the chapter title page where you can click on subheadings which can be read in 5 minutes or less.
As an example if you were visiting the Sistine Chapel in Rome and wanted to look up information on the Italian Renaissance you could do so by clicking the appropriate chapter from the table of contents of the Brief Travel History of Italy there is a subheading on the Renaissance in Rome that can be read in less than 3 minutes.
Potential destinations are bolded for your consideration. Enrich your trip today with a Brief Travel History.
Brief Travel Histories can be Read in 2 Hours or less, Referenced in 5 Minutes or less
Few countries hold the charm that Italy has. Rome the eternal city is full of Roman ruins and Baroque wonders. Florence, the cradle of the renaissance, is an art lover’s paradise. The enchanted Venice with her bridges and canals is memorial for any traveler.
They are Brief
This Brief Travel History of Italy allows you to read about Italy’s past from the Stone Age to the present in just 1 hour, whether you are planning a trip to Italy or just traveling vicariously as an armchair traveler this eBook is for you. You can read it before your trip or while you are flying to your destination. Also pack it in your smart phone and use it to access historic information while you are traveling in 5 minutes or less.
The chapter headings with corresponding date ranges and estimated reading times are listed below:
Introduction (2 minutes)
1. Prehistoric Italy: 500,000 BP-800 BC (6 minutes)
2. Greek Influence in Italy: 800 BC-600 BC (4 minutes)
3. The Etruscans: 1,000 BC-5 BC (4 minutes)
4. Roman Italy: 753 BC-AD 410 (15 minutes)
5. The Early Middle Ages: 410-1024 (8 minutes)
6. The Later Middle Ages: 1024-1400 (8 minutes)
7. The Italian Renaissance: 1400-1642 (11 minutes)
8. The Enlightenment: Rule by the Spanish Habsburgs and the Counter-Reformation:
1600-1713 (4 minutes)
9. Rule by the Austrian Hapsburgs and the Italian Enlightenment:
1700-1796 (13 minutes)
10. The Modern Era: The Risorganento and Unification: 1790-1861 (15 minutes)
11. The Modern Era: The Liberal State and World War I: 1861-1922 (5 minutes)
12. The Modern Era: Fascism and World War II: 1922-1945 (5 minutes)
13. The Modern Era: The Italian Republic: 1945- Present (4 minutes)
Quick to Reference while Traveling
This eBook is part of a series of Brief Travel Histories, found at www.BriefTravelHistories.com that traces the past of European countries from the Stone Age to the present in 2 hours or less.
These histories serve as a quick reference which puts historic information at your fingertips while you are traveling! Choose the historic period and date range you want by clicking on the appropriate chapter heading in the table of contents, you will be brought to the chapter title page where you can click on subheadings which can be read in 5 minutes or less.
As an example if you were visiting the Sistine Chapel in Rome and wanted to look up information on the Italian Renaissance you could do so by clicking the appropriate chapter from the table of contents of the Brief Travel History of Italy there is a subheading on the Renaissance in Rome that can be read in less than 3 minutes.
Potential destinations are bolded for your consideration. Enrich your trip today with a Brief Travel History.
