GENERAL KNOWLEDGE

Detailed explanation-1: -The Etruscans formed the most powerful nation in pre-Roman Italy . They created the first great civilization on the peninsula, whose influence on the Romans as well as on present-day culture is increasingly recognized.

Detailed explanation-2: -Etruscan, member of an ancient people of Etruria, Italy, between the Tiber and Arno rivers west and south of the Apennines, whose urban civilization reached its height in the 6th century bce. Many features of Etruscan culture were adopted by the Romans, their successors to power in the peninsula.

Detailed explanation-3: -The Etruscan civilisation was really a collection of independent city states that shared a common culture and language. Although the Etruscan golden period was between the fourth and sixth centuries BC, they were subsumed into the Roman civilization by the 1st century BC.

Detailed explanation-4: -The origin, development, and legacy of the enigmatic Etruscan civilization from the central region of the Italian peninsula known as Etruria have been debated for centuries. Here we report a genomic time transect of 82 individuals spanning almost two millennia (800 BCE to 1000 CE) across Etruria and southern Italy.