Normans take Malta
1091
Roger of Sicily, fresh from subduing the main island, extended his conquest south and captured Malta from its Arab garrison. Control of the archipelago gave the Normans command of the narrows between Sicily and North Africa. Malta's Arab cultural layer would survive long enough to shape the modern Maltese language.
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