1. Prehistory and antiquity. Italy is located on a peninsula in the Mediterranean. There is an ancient civilization Minoan civilization, and Mycenaean. Italy is a country with a long history and civilization spread to other regions in Europe.
2. Middle Ages. In the early Middle Ages The countries of Europe was a lack of leadership in political, economic and social system is destroyed. While the Bishop of Rome. Established supremacy The "Pope" after Italy's artistic and cultural revitalization of the Greeks and Romans.