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  2. Ancient Corsica - Wikipedia

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    The history of Corsica in ancient times was characterised by contests for control of the island among various foreign powers. The successors of the Neolithic cultures of the island were able to maintain their distinctive traditions even into Roman times, despite the successive interventions of Etruscans , Carthaginians or Phoenicians , and Greeks .

  3. List of ancient Corsican and Sardinian tribes - Wikipedia

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    If the Corsi, dwelling in Corsica and in the northernmost tip of Sardinia , were a subset of the Ligurians [3] and a group of tribes (they probably were an Indo-European people related to the Celts), then they would have been of a different ethnic and linguistic affiliation from the majority of the tribes of Sardinia (although Emidio De Felice ...

  4. Corsicans - Wikipedia

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    Reached, like Sardinia, by Polada culture influences in the Early Bronze Age, [17] in the 2nd millennium BC Corsica, the southern part in particular, saw the rise of the Torrean civilization, strongly linked to the Nuragic civilization. Ancient tribes of Corsica. The modern Corsicans are named after an ancient people known by the Romans as Corsi.

  5. History of Corsica - Wikipedia

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    The history of Corsica has been influenced by its strategic position at the heart of the western Mediterranean and its maritime routes, only 12 kilometres (7 mi) from Sardinia, 50 kilometres (30 mi) from the Isle of Elba, 80 kilometres (50 mi) from the coast of Tuscany and 200 kilometres (120 mi) from the French port of Nice.

  6. Corsi people - Wikipedia

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    Strait of Bonifacio, the coast of Corsica as seen from Sardinia. The Corsi were an ancient people of Sardinia and Corsica, to which they gave the name, as well as one of the three major groups among which the ancient Sardinians considered themselves divided (along with the Balares and the Ilienses).

  7. Paleo-Corsican language - Wikipedia

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    Nuragic populations, ancient tribes of Sardinia, speakers of Paleo-Corsican language or languages are shown in blue. The Paleo-Corsican language is an extinct language (or perhaps set of languages) spoken in Corsica and presumably in the northeastern part of Sardinia (corresponding to today's historical region of Gallura ) by the ancient Corsi ...

  8. Category:Corsica - Wikipedia

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    Articles relating to Corsica, an island in the Mediterranean Sea and one of the 18 regions of France. It is the fourth-largest island in the Mediterranean and lies southeast of the French mainland, west of the Italian Peninsula and immediately north of the Italian island of Sardinia, the nearest land mass. A single chain of mountains makes up ...

  9. Prehistory of Corsica - Wikipedia

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    The Early Neolithic of Corsica is defined to include the time period between 6000 BC and 5000 BC. The Early Neolithic of Corsica comprises sites of the Cardial and Epi-Cardial Cultures divided in time about equally between the two. [7] The seafaring population brought sheep, goats and pigs with them. Hunting was a minimal part of the economy.