Archeological evidence dates the earliest settlements within Sicily back to

This chapter sets the stage to gain greater understanding of

Sicilian Greek history is dominated by a succession of powerful

The Roman conquest of Sicily was the product of the

Christianity came early to Sicily. Tradition holds that Saint Paul

The Byzantine reconquest of Sicily was led by Belisarius, Emperor

The Arab conquest of Sicily began in 827 AD when

To understand the Norman Kingdom of Sicily, one must first

The Norman invasion of Sicily was a 30-year campaign of

On Christmas Day 1130, Roger II, the son of the

Upon the death of King Roger II of Sicily in

Every golden age must end. For Norman Sicily, the end

The chapter traces the regency period following the death of

The chapter begins with the establishment of a brutal and

This chapter begins with the consolidation of the kingdoms of

At the end of the long Spanish decline, rule of

From 1735 until the Italian unification of 1860, Sicily was

The year 1848 is known in European history as the

On May 11, 1860, Giuseppe Garibaldi landed at the port

The fall of the Bourbons in 1860 completed one of

Far from romanticizing this early period of Italian unification, the

This chapter describes the daily life for the great masses

This chapter covers the period from roughly 1890 to 1940

On July10, 1943, the Allied forces launched Operation Husky, the

Post-war Sicily faced enormous challenges: rebuilding shattered cities, multiple humanitarian

By the late 1970s the despair of the Sicilian people

The final chapter of Sicilian Odyssey is an epilogue on