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Sicily 00:02:21 1 Geography 00:05:47 1.1 Rivers 00:06:24 1.2 Climate 00:08:18 2 Flora and fauna 00:09:52 3 History 00:10:01 3.1 Ancient tribes 00:11:56 3.2 Phoenician, Carthaginian, Greek and Roman period 00:15:23 3.3 Germanic and Byzantine periods (440–965) 00:15:36 3.3.1 Germanic (440–535) 00:16:36 3.3.2 Byzantine (535–965) 00:19:58 3.4 Arab Period (827–1091) 00:22:07 3.5 Norman Sicily (1038–1198) 00:24:19 3.6 Kingdom of Sicily 00:25:26 3.7 Hohenstaufen dynasty 00:27:06 3.8 Sicily under Aragonese rule 00:30:25 3.9 Italian unification 00:32:40 3.10 20th and 21st centuries 00:34:19 4 Demographics 00:35:49 4.1 Emigration 00:36:46 5 Politics 00:38:22 5.1 Administrative divisions 00:38:54 6 Economy 00:40:07 6.1 Agriculture 00:42:25 6.2 Industry and manufacturing 00:43:44 6.3 Statistics 00:43:52 6.3.1 GDP growth 00:44:08 6.3.2 Economic sectors 00:44:24 6.3.3 Unemployment rate 00:44:40 7 Transport 00:44:49 7.1 Roads 00:45:32 7.2 Railways 00:47:01 7.3 Airports 00:48:17 7.4 Ports 00:50:02 7.5 Planned bridge 00:51:03 8 Tourism 00:52:09 8.1 UNESCO World Heritage Sites 00:54:16 8.1.1 Tentative Sites 00:54:37 8.2 Archeological sites 00:55:59 8.3 Castles 00:56:11 8.4 Coastal towers 00:57:26 9 Culture 00:58:11 9.1 Art and architecture 00:59:03 9.1.1 Sicilian Baroque 01:00:16 9.2 Music and film 01:01:14 9.3 Literature 01:02:48 9.4 Language 01:04:22 9.5 Science 01:06:18 9.6 Education 01:07:33 9.7 Religion 01:08:57 9.8 Cuisine 01:11:19 9.9 Sports 01:13:38 9.10 Popular culture 01:16:51 9.11 Regional symbols 01:19:34 10 Notable people 01:19:44 11 See also Listening is a more natural way of learning, when compared to reading. Written language only began at around 3200 BC, but spoken language has existed long ago. Learning by listening is a great way to: - increases imagination and understanding - improves your listening skills - improves your own spoken accent - learn while on the move - reduce eye strain Now learn the vast amount of general knowledge available on Wikipedia through audio (audio article). You could even learn subconsciously by playing the audio while you are sleeping! If you are planning to listen a lot, you could try using a bone conduction headphone, or a standard speaker instead of an earphone. You can find other Wikipedia audio articles too at: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCuKfABj2eGyjH3ntPxp4YeQ You can upload your own Wikipedia articles through: https://github.com/nodef/wikipedia-tts "The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing." - Socrates SUMMARY ======= Sicily (Italian: Sicilia [siˈtʃiːlja]; Sicilian: Sicilia) is the largest island in the Mediterranean Sea. It is an autonomous region of Italy, in Southern Italy along with surrounding minor islands, officially referred to as Regione Siciliana. Sicily is located in the central Mediterranean Sea, south of the Italian Peninsula, from which it is separated by the narrow Strait of Messina. Its most prominent landmark is Mount Etna, the tallest active volcano in Europe, and one of the most active in the world, currently 3,329 m (10,922 ft) high. The island has a typical Mediterranean climate. The earliest archaeological evidence of human activity on the island dates from as early as 12,000 BC. By around 750 BC, Sicily had three Phoenician and a dozen Greek colonies and, for the next 600 years, it was the site of the Sicilian Wars and the Punic Wars. After the fall of the Roman Empire in the 5th century AD, Sicily was ruled during the Early Middle Ages by the Vandals, the Ostrogoths, the Byzantine Empire, and the Emirate of Sicily. The Norman conquest of southern Italy led to the creation of the Kingdom of Sicily, which was subsequently ruled by the Hohenstaufen, the Capetian House of Anjou, Spain, and the House of Habsburg. It was finally unified under the House of Bourbon with the Kingdom of Naples as the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies. It became part of Italy in 1860 following the Expedition of the Thousand, a revolt led by Giuseppe Garibaldi during the Italian unification, and a plebiscite. Sicily was given special status as an autonomous region on 15th May 1946, 18 days before the Italian constitutional referendum of 1946. Albeit, much of the autonomy still remains unapplied, especially financial autonomy, because the autonomy-activating laws have been deferred to be approved by the parithetic committee (50% Italian State, 50% Regione Siciliana), since 1946. Sicily has a rich and unique culture, especially with regard to the arts, music, literature, cuisine, and architecture. It is also home to important archaeological and ancient sites, such as the Necropolis of Pantalica, the Valley of the Temples, Erice and Selinunte. |