Oh, we studied a lot of foreign history. Maybe because Italy was "colonial territory" for such a long time: first under Spain, then under France, then the Austrian empire... We weren't a "real" nation, so we concentrated on what the important European nations did while we were still struggling to become a state, mostly Great Britain, France and Spain, then, from the XIX century on, Germany too.
I guess abroad they don't teach Italian history because Italy stopped being important after the fall of the Roman Empire (it was all your fault, you barbarians! XD)
Well, the "Marcia su Roma" was important because it was the final step that allowed Mussolini to become what he did, maybe foreigners aren't really interested in it. But I remember we learned a lot of German history to understand how it was possible that Hitler did what he did, starting from the Weimar Republic and World War I.
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Date: 2009-06-09 03:07 pm (UTC)I guess abroad they don't teach Italian history because Italy stopped being important after the fall of the Roman Empire (it was all your fault, you barbarians! XD)
Well, the "Marcia su Roma" was important because it was the final step that allowed Mussolini to become what he did, maybe foreigners aren't really interested in it. But I remember we learned a lot of German history to understand how it was possible that Hitler did what he did, starting from the Weimar Republic and World War I.