Alternative history: What would happen if the Normans never conquered Sicily?
Alternative history: What would happen if the Normans never conquered Sicily? Context In 1061, the Normans began to conquer Sicily, and the conquest was led by Roger I's army. Slowly, the rule of the Emirate of Sicily, the Islamic kingdom on the island of Sicily, was weakening. In 1071, Robert Guiscard, a Norman nobleman became one of the belligerents of the conquest, then in 1090, the entire island of Sicily was conquered, then on the next year, Malta was conquered. In 1130, Sicily became a sovereign kingdom ruled by the Hauteville dynasty. Under the kingdom of Sicily, Christians, Muslims and Jews all lived in harmony until Frederick II crushed the rebellion led by Muslims and expelled Muslims from Sicily. But what would happen if the Normans never conquered Sicily? Scenario In the 11th century, it was the era of the Crusades, which was a war on control of the territories surrounding Jerusalem among Islamic kingdoms (mostly Arab) and Christian kingdoms (European). Its effect was n...