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 * __History__**

Malta is a republic consisting of a small group of islands south of Sicily. The largest Malta. There are several explanations for the name. Some claim that it comes from the Roman word "Melita", which means honey. Malta has been inhabited since around. 5200 BC, A significant Neolithic culture evolved on the islands before the pyramids in Egypt were built, and numerous monuments of this culture exist around the landscape. Phoenicians colonized the islands around 1000 BC, and used them as a starting point for further expansion in the western Mediterranean Sea.

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