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

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

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

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

• 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.

• 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.

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

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

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