From not long after the fall of the Western Roman Empire to only 150 years ago, Italy was not the unified country we see today, but a fragmented mess of kingdoms and city-states. My question is, what divided it for so long, and how does this history affect the country today?
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[1] https://www.worldhistory.org/Lombards
[2] Killinger, Charles L. The History of Italy. Greenwood Press, 2002.
[3] https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/perspectives-on-politics/article/abs/arab-spring-why-the-surprising-similarities-with-the-revolutionary-wave-of-1848/CA943D4084222666CAFDD03925E22E71
[4] https://www.britannica.com/place/Italy/Resources-and-power
[5] Duggan, Christopher. A Concise History of Italy. Cambridge University Press, 2014.
[6] https://www.delallo.com/blog/puglia-apulia-italy
[7] https://www.europassitalian.com/learn/history/
[8] http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/6043626.stm
[9] https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/italy-earmark-12-billion-euros-mega-sicily-bridge-project-2023-10-16/
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