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Excerpt from A History of Sicily, 491-289 The history of the island Of Sicily has been that of a struggle between European and Asiatic races for the possession Of the most fertile island in the Mediterranean basin. In earlier days Greeks and Carthaginians, in later days Normans and Saracens, were the combatants and the peace Of the island has been secure only when it has been recognised as the dependency of some mighty Continental power, whether in Africa or in Europe. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.