Historical regions (or historical areas ) are geographical regions which, at some point in history, had a cultural , ethnic , linguistic or political basis, regardless of latter-day borders. There are some historical regions that can be considered as "active", for example: Moravia , which is held by the Czech Republic , is both a recognized part of the country as well as a historical region. They are used as delimitations for studying and analysing social development of period -specific cultures without any reference to contemporary political, economic or social organisations.
5-532: Tuscia ( / ˈ t ʌ s i ə , ˈ t ʌ ʃ ( i ) ə / TUSS -ee-ə, TUSH -(ee-)ə , Italian: [ˈtuʃʃa] ) is a historical region of central Italy that comprises part of the territories under Etruscan influence, or Etruria , named so since the Roman conquest . From the Middle Ages , the name was used to refer to three macro-areas: the "Roman Tuscia", corresponding to northern Lazio with
10-595: Is generally the required precondition for the emergence of a regional identity . In Europe, regional identities are often derived from the Migration Period but for the contemporary era are also often related to the territorial transformations that followed World War I and those that followed the Cold War . Some regions are entirely invented, such as the Middle East , which was popularised in 1902 by
15-452: Is that older political and mental structures exist which exercise greater influence on the spatial-social identity of individuals than is understood by the contemporary world, bound to and often blinded by its own worldview - e.g. the focus on the nation-state. Definitions of regions vary, and regions can include macroregions such as Europe , territories of traditional sovereign states or smaller microregional areas . Geographic proximity
20-516: The ancient Papal province of the Patrimony of St. Peter , which today is equivalent to the province of Viterbo and the northern part of the metropolitan city of Rome north up to Lake Bracciano ; the "Ducal Tuscia", which included the territories of Lazio and Umbria subject to the Duchy of Spoleto , which was later also incorporated into the papal territories ; and the "Lombard Tuscia", roughly
25-473: The current Tuscany , including the territories subjected to the Lombards and constituting the Duchy of Tuscia . The latter region is nowadays no longer referred to as Tuscia , which term is often used as a synonym for the province of Viterbo. This Italian location article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Historical region The fundamental principle underlying this view
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