The Island That Ruled the World — The History of Malta
The Millennium Minute
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What makes a tiny island in the middle of the Mediterranean so important that empires spent centuries fighting over it?
Malta has been conquered, besieged, bombed, and fought over for thousands of years. From the Phoenicians and Carthage to Rome, the Arabs, the Knights of St. John, Napoleon, and the British Empire, one thing kept making this small island impossible to ignore: its location.
#malta #history #worldhistory #mediterranean #historydocumentary
The Island That Ruled the World — The History of Malta
The Millennium Minute
749 views
What makes a tiny island in the middle of the Mediterranean so important that empires spent centuries fighting over it?
Malta has been conquered, besieged, bombed, and fought over for thousands of years. From the Phoenicians and Carthage to Rome, the Arabs, the Knights of St. John, Napoleon, and the British Empire, one thing kept making this small island impossible to ignore: its location.
#malta #history #worldhistory #mediterranean #historydocumentary