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Italy has been a cultural power for several times longer than the US exists.
by ginko 5y ago
Italy has been a cultural power for several times longer than the US exists.
- tomcooks 5y agoI'm talking about CIA funds to get Italy out of the soviet area of influence (aka the Italian Economic Boom of the 50s), why would you pull the Roman Empire or the Renaissance out of your hat.
- darkerside 5y ago... Because you were unclear?
- nabla9 5y agoItaly is much younger than the US. Risorgimento (movement to see Italian Peninsula as a unified political and cultural entity, a nation) started after 1815. Before that Italy didn't exist even as a clear concept. Old cultural power of separate cities and regions included in the modern Italy is older, of course.