Italian Life and Culture

After reading pp. 1-6 from your textbook discuss the following topics in week 1 class discussion:

1.      What are the most important differences of the early species of men: 

       Homo erectus 

       Homo Sapiens Sapiens

2.      To what extent the climate influenced the geography of the Italian peninsula during the Paleolithic Age.

3.      What is the social importance of the first use of copper in the development of  history?

4.      What were the main events that occurred in the Bronze Age in the Po Valley?

5.      Why did agriculture become crucial in the development of the human civilization?

6.      What is the importance and the influence of the cemeteries in the understanding of the human habits and tradition?

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