Where Three Worlds Met

Sarah Davis-Secord is Associate Professor of History at the University of New Mexico.

• List of Maps and IllustrationsixAcknowledgmentsxiAbbreviationsxiiiTimelinexv Introduction 11.Sicily between Constantinopleand Rome 292.Sicily between Byzantium andthe Islamic World 723.Sicily in the Dr al-Islm1114.Sicily from the Dr al-Islm to Latin Christendom1745.Sicily at the Center of the Mediterranean2136.Conclusion 242Bibliography249 Index285

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