jan 1, 827 - Attacks on Sicily Begin
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"The most important change in the Mediterranean world in the ninth century was the challenge to Byzantine supremacy presented by the Moslems of North Africa and Spain. The major Saracen attacks began on Sicily in 827."[J.K. Hyde, Society and Politics in Medieval Italy, 1973, 19]
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Date:
jan 1, 827
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~ 1200 years ago