Contemporary Examples. 1  In Scandinavian countries this discrimination has been dramatically reduced. 2  But most of this gap, say the researchers who carried out the study, is due to discrimination. 3  After the Iranian Revolution, discrimination took on a sectarian flavor.
Definition of Etruscan. : of, relating to, or characteristic of Etruria, the Etruscans, or the Etruscan language.
However, even to this day, the origins of the Etruscans remain a mystery. The Etruscans were organized into a loose confederation of city-states to the north of Rome. Around 650 B.C.E., they took control of the site of Rome, with its defensible hills and location on a ford of the Tiber River. They did a number of things to transform this crude collection of shepherds' huts into a true city.