Sicily

Charybdis. She was a sea nymph who became angry and turned herself into a whirlpool to crush the ships of any sailors who dared come too close. She is the partner of Scylla and, together, they faced Odysseus.

Cicily is made up of all Africans...

Race is political , it is not biological, everyone alive today all 7 billion of us our ancestors came from AFRICA.

There are many different islands that are south of Sicily in the Mediterranean Sea, including Pantelleria and Lampedusa, but the largest and most principle island to the south of Sicily is the island of Malta.

Tourist attraction and foodz

Sicily has never been a part of Spain, but has at various times been under Spanish rule.

Magna Graecia is an ancient name for Sicily. The term represents the classical Greek for 'Great Greece', because of the area's dense population by Achaean Greeks in ancient times. The term actually referred to both modern Sicily and the coastal parts of modern day Calabria.

it is only 190km from Malta airport to Catania airport, the actual flying time in the air is like 30mins. The advertised flying time with air Malta is 45mins due to taxing on the runway adding to the elapsed time.

Punic Wars!

SIMPLY WANT TO KNOW THE DISTANCE BETWWEN NAPLES TO SICILY, ferry times and length of time on ferry

To be an island, all of your coast line has to be totally surrounded by water.

Italy does not, so it cannot be refereed to as an island.

Italy has land borders with France, Switzerland, Austria, and Slovenia.

The large islands of Sicily and Sardinia are part of Italy (as well as numerous other smaller Islands).

Carthage owned Sicily during roman times and she was scared they would overthrow her

From Sicily to Tunis is 219 miles.

Sicily is famous for Mount Etna. It is Europe's biggest volcano and it's active!

Sicily is one of the best growers in the region for Artichokes ,olive oil, tomatoes and the list could go on and on being the result of very fertile soil.

Godfather II - Young Vito Andolini is singing a Sicilian folk song: "Lu Sciccareddu", which could be translated as "The donkey". Young Vito sings the first verse: "Avia 'nu sciccareddu ma veru sapuritu a mia mi l'ammazzaru, poveru sceccu miu." Translation: "I had a little donkey truly cute (or funny). They have killed it, poor donkey of mine." - See more at: http://www.chacha.com/question/what-sicilian-song-is-young-vito-corleone-singing-after-arriving-in-ellis-island-in-the-godfather-ii#sthash.HFqWudat.dpuf

After Sicily was attacked by the Allies, it was obvious that Italy was going to be next. By then, much of the Italian Army was either killed or taken prisoner, and an Allied invasion could not be repulsed. Therefore, Mussolini was overthrown and Italy entered into negotiations for surrender. The German Army quickly moved to occupy Italy and prepare for the forthcoming Allied invasion.

Sicily is a region of Italy but they have a self governing community. Although its under Italy, it isn't a separate country.

If you are asking about the origin of the Medici Family, they are not from Sicily. During the Renaissance, the Medici bank had skyrocketed. Sicily unfortunately wasn't as wealthy as Florence, Italy (Medici is based in Florence.)

Yes, they are known as "The Kings of Sicily" but rather less, if you had 100 florins in your pocket at the time, you were richer than more than a kilometer of Sicily.

A contest for control of Sicily between Carthage and Rome was basis of the war.

After the Dark ages Greece found itself in the Archaic age. Now this is where the Greeks developed writing and technology. The Greeks expanded for a number of reasons:

1. To stop political tension between politics.

2. Some Greeks wanted adventure.

3. There was not enough space.

4. They needed to find more farmland to support the population.

After three wars spanning 120 years, Rome adopted a 'final solution' of selling the Carthaginians into slavery, and turning the city and its land into a resettlement colony for its retired veterans.

The Americans landed in Sicily in 1943 I believe, and took it the same year. Then they proceeded through the main part of Italy to Europe.