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The 30 pages that link to Sicily, each with the reason it gives.

• First Punic WarNarrower topic: Its strategic location and divided political control made it the war’s central prize.

• IfriqiyaRelated: Aghlabid campaigns from Ifriqiya began the Muslim conquest of Sicily.

• PastaRelated: Medieval accounts associate Sicily with early production of dried pasta.

• Sicilian MafiaNarrower topic: The Mafia originated in Sicily and developed through the island’s local power structures.

• PalermoNarrower topic: Palermo is Sicily’s capital and largest city.

• Byzantine ItalyBroader topic: It remained a major imperial possession after Byzantine control on the mainland contracted.

• Treaty of LutatiusRelated: The agreement required Carthaginian forces to leave the island.

• Cosa NostraNarrower topic: Cosa Nostra developed amid Sicily’s nineteenth-century political and social upheavals.

• Messinian salinity crisisRelated: Its gypsum and other Messinian strata provide accessible records of evaporite formation.

• Tyrrhenian SeaRelated: The island marks the Tyrrhenian Sea’s southern edge.

• MaltaCompared with: Sicily is Malta’s nearest major neighbor, but belongs to a much larger country.

• Mount EtnaNarrower topic: Etna rises on Sicily’s eastern coast, where its eruptions affect nearby communities.

• Operation MincemeatBroader topic: It was the actual target concealed by the false plans.

• SardiniaCompared with: Sicily offers a comparison between Italy’s two largest islands and their distinct histories.

• Jawhar al-SiqilliRelated: His epithet al-Siqilli means “the Sicilian,” linking his identity to the island.

• MahdiaRelated: Fatimid naval and political interests connected Mahdia with Sicily.

• Giovanni VergaRelated: Its rural communities, landscapes, and social divisions provide the setting for many of Verga’s best-known works.

• Strait of MessinaRelated: Its eastern shore forms one side of the strait.

• CataniaNarrower topic: Catania’s history and institutions are rooted in Sicily’s regional setting.

• Italian PeninsulaBroader topic: It lies just off the peninsula’s toe and is often grouped with Italy’s mainland regions.

• Egyptian mongooseRelated: The species has also been recorded on this island beyond its core African range.

• Giuseppe Tomasi di LampedusaNarrower topic: Lampedusa’s fiction and aristocratic world are rooted in Sicilian history and society.

• MessinaNarrower topic: Messina is one of Sicily’s principal cities and its closest major gateway to the mainland.

• Servile WarsRelated: It was the setting for the first two wars and a major center of enslaved labor.

• Luciano LeggioNarrower topic: Leggio’s criminal career unfolded within Sicily’s postwar political and social conditions.

• Battle of AgrigentumNarrower topic: Control of Sicily drew Rome and Carthage into sustained conflict.

• Battle of Cape EcnomusRelated: The battle took place off Sicily, the war’s central prize.

• Dwarf elephantBroader topic: Fossils of Palaeoloxodon falconeri are known from Sicilian deposits.

• Frank LentiniNarrower topic: Lentini was born in Sicily before emigrating to the United States.

• ItalyBroader topic: This island is one of Italy’s largest and most distinctive territories.