Malta fell to the Arabs in 870 AD after three centuries of Byzantine rule. Although they were expelled almost 900 years ago, the effects of that conquest caused ripples across the centuries that can be felt to to the present day.
Malta cadde sotto gli Arabi nel 870, dopo tre secoli di dominio Bizantino. Malgrado il fatto che furono espulsi quasi 900 anni fa, gli effetti di questa conquista causarono increspature durante i secoli, che si percepiscono ancora oggili
Après la mort de Mahomet en 632 après J.-C., l’islam se répandit dans tout le Moyen-Orient et en Afrique du Nord, jusqu’en Espagne et en Sicile. En 870 après J.-C., après trois siècles de domination byzantine, Malte tomba aux mains des Aghlabides nord-africains. Les effets de cette conquête provoquèrent des secousses à travers les siècles […]
The Majmuna Stone or Tombstone (in Maltese: il-Ġebla ta’ Majmuna), the tombstone of a girl called Majmuna, who died on 21 March 1174, is Malta’s most important Arab-period archaeological find,
One of the most ‘invisible’ features of our architecture, which most Maltese don’t know about at all, is not actually Maltese but a rare heritage from Malta’s contacts with the Arab world – the muxrabija.
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