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  PREAMBLE     The kingdom of sicily was a state that thrived in the southern italy from 1130 to 1816 when it merged with the kingdom of the naples . the kingdom of sicily was founded by roger II in what was a successor state of the county of sicily , that has started as far back as 1071 during the conquest of southern italy by the normans . along side the island of sicily the kingdom covered the maltese archipelago and the mezzogiorno region of southern  Italy.      In 1282 a succession against the angevian rule, also reffered to as the sicilian vespers, conquered and anihiliate the forces of charles of Anjou and its rule on the island of sicily . the angevians managed to control the mainlands region  of the kingdom which later became known as the kingdom of the Naples, named after the sicilian capital. the kingdom thrived until 1816 when it merged with the kingdom of the Naples to form the kingdom of two sicilies . in 1861 its area was were united.     

historicalforte: The british west african conquests : At the beginning of the 19th century, Britain's main interest was in trade with India, which it had come to dominate by the end of the ...

The Nigerian Civil War broke out on 6 July 1967.The war was the culmination of an uneasy peace and stability that had plagued the Nation from independence in 1960.This situation had its genesis in the geography, history, culture and demography of Nigeria.The immediate cause of the civil war itself may be identified as the coup and the counter coup of 1966 which altered the political equation and destroyed the fragile trust existing among the major ethnic groups.As a means of holding the country together in the last result, the country was divided into twelve states from the original four regions in May 1967.The former Eastern Region under Lt. Col. Ojukwu saw the act of the creation of states by decree "without consultation" as the last straw, and declared the Region an independent state of "Biafra".The Federal

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The Gao Empire precedes that of the Songhai Empire in the region of the Middle niger, its name comes from  the town of Gao situated on the eastern Niger bend. In the ninth century CE, it was considered to be the most powerful and important West African kingdom. Pre-Islamic history of Gao The earliest mention of Gao is by al-Khwārizmī who wrote in the first phase of the 9th century.In the 9th century Gao was already an important regional power. Al-Yaqubi wrote in his Tarikh in around 872: Ibn al-Faqih (writing c. 903) mentions a caravan route from Egypt to ancient Ghana via Kawkaw. [7] but Ibn Hawqal (writing c. 988) states that the old route from Egypt to the Sudan was abandoned in the reign of the Egyptian ruler Ibn Tulun (ruled 868-884) as some of the caravans were attacked by bandits while others were conquered by the wind-blown sand.The more direct trade route was replaced by one that went to Sijilmasa before heading south over the Sahara. The Gao Empire and the Almora

During our  younger days, we play around on Saturdays, wait for the school bell to ring on Fridays; with ecstacy the students will rush out of the school to the assembly point to say the grace, I wager that moment is the most joyous moment of the week for us, thus starts the weekends. Am sure that is also how it is for students around the world. Later when I grow up and got out of elementary school I used to think “who could be so brilliant to have named the days of the week” The days of the week is as old as the human race itself, and thus every civilizations has its own versin of the days of the week. the Greek named the days f the weeks after the sun, the moon and the five known planets, which in other way round were named after the gods Ares,hermes,zeus,cronus and the goddess aphrdite the daughter f zeus. The babylonians in the there instance know the time with the aid f the lunar months; they do nt specifically name the week days or even postulates that there are seven days in a