Alphabet   I dont say that all the world was born in Italy we know that the man come from about EtiopiaKenia But I say that the foundamental elements of the western culture come from  roman empire  christianism  celtic  germanic cultures Than you can add that most of the roman culture comes from etruscans and greeks that christianism comes from judaism that celtic  germanic cultures come from Turkhstan etc That indoeuropeans come from Kenia That man come from the cercopitheque I probably have mistaken the translation do you speak Italian etc But the most important and determining elements of our and also your I think world are these three ones And many important and determining times of their evolution happened in Italy Many many many if you consider its a so small Country Or not   Yes you have made your opinions clear on a number of occasions and while I do not share them I can think of little motive for arguing with you  Believe what you want  By all means be proud of your homeland  Be proud of the accomplishments of real Italians like Dante or the Illy family  I am certainly not trying to badmouth Italy  But is Rome more central to western culture than Greece Christianity more central than Islam  The Germanic and Celtic cultures more central than the Slavic or the Turkic  Is the Italian Peninsula more central to MY world than the Greek Arabian Korean Yucatan or Floridian Peninsulas  How would you know  This kind of fight cannot accomplish anything other than pissing off those who take just pride in other things  Take pride but allow others their pride too and dont engage in fights like this or everyone will think you are a troll  But hey believe what you want and if you have nothing better to do that pick fights with people go ahead