Talk:History of Corsica

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[edit] Proto-history?

I've followed you so far on this article but what is this? I'm sure you must have a definition!Dave (talk) 22:00, 29 April 2008 (UTC)

OK I finally looked up Protohistory and know what it is. Evidently it is a recent term to apply to certain situations such as the Celts and Germans being written about by foreigners when they couldn't write about themselves. To them they were prehistoric but to others protohistoric - well to tell you the truth the whole thing seems pretty phony to me. Is Celtic history written by a Roman person history or not? What difference does it make who writes it? This is a passing fad I'm sure. In any case It seems pretty inconvenient to fit Corsican history into this mold. Now, the arrival of Ionians in Corsica, was that history or protohistory? Herodotus was the first historian you know but what was he writing here history or protohistory? As the Ionians were actually settling on Corsica why would this not be history? No native Corsicans were writing about it that is true so why would it not be protohistory? Moreover was Herodotus a foreigner or a native? He was an Ionian too! Hmm. The indigenous Corsicans never did write one word about themselves. So, would they have a proto-history without a history? Since we are localising it to them, how can they have a prehistory if they never had a history? Well this the kind of stupid argument engendered by a stupid category that has nothing to do with history but only with argument. If you don't mind I am going to put Mesolithic, Neolithic, Chalcolithic and Bronze Age under pre-history and start history in the Iron Age with Herodotus. If you have some other ideas and those ideas are not your own but are held by a scholar of note, let us know will you?Dave (talk) 02:24, 1 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] French language refs

The bibliography is entirely in French. That ain't right. We need some English refs in here. Moreover, it is time to start putting in line citations.Dave (talk) 11:15, 30 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Possible new article

There's quite a bit of material on the prehistory. I would say, when it is done we will probably find we have to break it out into "Prehistory of Corsica". Let's see how it goes.Dave (talk) 14:00, 1 May 2008 (UTC)