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  2. History of Sicily - Wikipedia

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    Temple of Segesta. The history of Sicily has been influenced by numerous ethnic groups. It has seen Sicily controlled by powers, including Phoenician and Carthaginian, Greek, Roman, Vandal and Ostrogoth, Byzantine, Arab, Norman, Aragonese, Spanish, Austrians, British, but also experiencing important periods of independence, as under the indigenous Sicanians, Elymians, Sicels, the Greek ...

  3. Sicily - Wikipedia

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    Sicily (Italian: Sicilia, Italian: [siˈtʃiːlja] ⓘ; Sicilian: Sicilia, Sicilian: [sɪˈ(t)ʃiːlja] ⓘ), officially Sicilian Region (Italian: Regione siciliana), is an island in the central Mediterranean Sea, south of the Italian Peninsula in continental Europe and is one of the 20 regions of Italy.

  4. List of Sicilian monarchs - Wikipedia

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    Coat of arms of the Kingdom of Sicily (14th century). The monarchs of Sicily ruled from the establishment of the Kingdom of Sicily in 1130 until the "perfect fusion" in the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies in 1816. The origins of the Sicilian monarchy lie in the Norman conquest of southern Italy which occurred between the 11th and 12th century.

  5. Category:History of Sicily - Wikipedia

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    Pages in category "History of Sicily" The following 20 pages are in this category, out of 20 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...

  6. Kingdom of Sicily - Wikipedia

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    The Kingdom of Sicily, 1100-1250: A Literary History. University of Pennsylvania Press. Mendola, Louis. The Kingdom of Sicily 1130-1266: The Norman-Swabian Age and the Identity of a People, Trinacria Editions, New York, 2021. Metcalfe, Alex. Muslims and Christians in Norman Sicily: Arabic Speakers and the End of Islam, Routledge, 2002. Metcalfe ...

  7. Messina - Wikipedia

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    One of the major cities on Sicily, Messina was heavily involved in the rivalry between the Anjou dynasty in Naples and the Aragonese House of Barcelona. Initially a stronghold of Anjou support on Sicily, in 1282 the city joined the revolt of the Sicilian Vespers, resulting in the city being subjected to a major siege by Charles I of Anjou.

  8. Category:Early modern history of Sicily - Wikipedia

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    Early Modern period in the history of Sicily — 16th−18th centuries on the island and its territories in southwestern Italy See also the preceding Category:Medieval Sicily and the succeeding Category:Kingdom of the Two Sicilies

  9. Category:Ancient Sicily - Wikipedia

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    Pages in category "Ancient Sicily" The following 32 pages are in this category, out of 32 total. ... History of Greek Sicily; L. Battle of the Lipari Islands;