Sicily Three Thousand Years of Human History

Name: Sicily Three Thousand Years of Human History
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ISBN: 9781586421311

ISBN-10: 158642131X

ISBN-13: 9781586421311

Edition: 2007

Authors: Sandra Benjamin

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Tourists, armchair travelers, and historians will all delight in this fluid narrative that can be read straight through, dipped into over time, or used as a reference guide to each period in Sicily's fascinating tale. Emigration of people from Sicily often overshadows the importance of the people who immigrated to the island through the centuries. These have included several who became Sicily's rulers, along with Jews, Ligurians, and Albanians. Greeks, Romans, Vandals, Goths, Byzantines, Muslims, Normans, Hohenstaufens, Spaniards, Bourbons, the Savoy Kingdom of Italy and the modern era have all held sway, and left lasting influences on the island's culture and architecture. Sicily's…

Book details

List price: $30.99
Copyright year: 2007
Publisher: Steerforth Press
Publication date: 12/18/2007
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 512
Size: 6.14" wide x 8.98" long x 1.18" tall
Weight: 1.496
Language: English



Acknowledgments


Introduction



Lipari



The Greek Period


Transition: The Romans Conquer the Island (263 B.C.-212 B.C.)



Romans


Transition: Germanic Peoples Move South (ca 425-468)



Vandals, Goths, Byzantines


Transition: The Coming of the Muslims (827-902)



Muslims


Transition: The Coming of the Normans (1061-1091)



Normans


Transition: From Hauteville to Hohenstaufen (1189-1194)



Hohenstaufens


Transition: From Angevin to Aragon (1282-1285)



Spanish


Transition: A Break from the Spanish (1713-1734)



Bourbons


Transition: Garibaldi (1848-1860)



The Savoy Kingdom of Italy


Transition: World War II and Its Aftermath (1943-1948)



Autonomous Region



Statistical Tables


Glossary and Notes on Italian Word Endings


Glossary of Names


Notes


Bibliographical Note


Index