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Italy random facts

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Cooking good italian food is easy! ITALY AFRICA RUSSIA ASIA EUROPE

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Italy ● Population: 60.5 millions ● Capital: Rome (2.8 millions) ● Area: 301,338 km2 ● Slightly larger than Arizona ● 4/5 is mountainous or hilly ● more earthquakes than any other european country!

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Italy: Super quick history

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Prehistory ● Someone was here 1.5 million years ago Ötzi - 5300 years old guy 12000 years old drawings

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Roman Empire (100 BC - 400 AD) - ⅔ of USA size

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Roman Empire (100 BC - 400 AD)

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Middle Ages 1500 1000

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1861: kingdom of Italy

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1922-1943: National Fascist Party censored

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1946-now: Republic

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BOnus: Vatican City ● Population: ~1000 ● Independent from 1929 ● 0.44 km2 (smallest of the world) ● can lock its own gates at night

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BOnus: San marino ● Since 301 AD ● Population: 33k ● Oldest republic of the world! ● 61 square kilometers

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Languages ● Italian ● Also some french, german ● ~34 living spoken languages ● Lots of dialects

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Languages: you may need subtitles

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Good things in Italy: history ●

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Good things in Italy: history ●

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Good things in Italy: coasts ● 7458 km of coasts

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Good things in Italy: Mountains ● Monte bianco - 4808 m Cervino - 4478 m

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Good things in Italy: Mountains ●

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Good things in Italy: volcanoes! ●

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Good things in Italy: food!

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(some) italian food is easy! 1. Quality ingredients 2. Basic cooking skills 3. Profit!

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italian food is easy! Spaghetti aglio, olio e peperoncino (~ 20 min.) 1. Water 2. Pasta 3. Garlic 4. Good olive oil 5. Red pepper

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Making good italian food is easy! Carbonara (~25 min.) 1. Water 2. Pasta 3. Eggs 4. Bacon 5. Pecorino/parmesan cheese 6. Pepper

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italian food is easy! Scaloppine al limone (~20 min.) 1. Slices of veal 2. Butter 3. Lemon juice 4. Flour 5. Pepper

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italian food is easy! Tiramisù (~40 min., no cooking!) 1. Cookies 2. Coffee 3. Mascarpone cheese 4. Eggs 5. Sugar 6. Cocoa powder

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