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The history of Malta is incredible.

The history of the world can be told by telling the story of Malta.

It was populated by Phoenician and Greek traders.
It passed under Carthaginian and Roman control during the Punic Wars.
The Arabs conquered it with the expansion of Islam.
But the Normans recovered it and created their nobility, 32 titles that are still valid.
The Aragonese defended it from Suleiman the Magnificent, and thus the Order of Malta was born. It was key to preventing Ottoman domination of the Mediterranean.
It was later conquered by France.
Napoleon, being the great statesman he was, seeing the mixed population, abolished all feudal rights, reformed the monasteries, and guaranteed equal rights for Christians, Jews, and Muslims.
Then it came under British rule, and instead of allying itself with Mussolini and losing its own culture, they abolished the Italian language.
After the Second World War,
In 1979,
Malta found itself without foreign military bases for the first time in its history.
For the first time in 3000 years
This event is celebrated as Freedom Day.

Malta is a member of the European Union and a developed country.