Malta History

Malta history is all about slender and ancient monuments consisting of small and densely populated archipelago nation consisting of an island of seven islands in the Mediterranean Sea. Geographically the archipelago is present in southern Europe it lies south of Sicily, north of Libya and east of Tunisia. The official languages of Malta are Maltese and English. History of Malta is varied and witnessed many diverse civilizations Roman Catholicism is the most practiced religion in Malta. Malta has been ruled by various powers most influencing one is United Kingdom. Nowadays Malta is a member of the common wealth organization of nations. And is the smallest member of EU both size and population wise. Malta has been a member of EU or European Union since 2004.Malta due to its location has resulted in long intrusions. The archipelago oldest monuments are the stone erected temples that date from as far back as 3600 BC. The Phoenicians colonized Malta around 800 BC and lived there for about 600 years. The Romans then made Malta a part of their empire in 208 BC.

The Christianity was accustomed by an apostle Paul who became shipwrecked on the island of Malta. Thereby locals were converted to Christianity by him this fact has been proved by biblical and scientific scholars. After hundreds of years of peaceful isolation the island was occupied by Arabs that came from North Africa. They exerted positive influence on Maltese under there rule introduction of citrus fruits and cotton were happened. After then Norman invaders from Sicily displaced the Arabs and ruled for 400 years and Malta remained in the Sicilian way. Under the influence of Britain the Malta became a cosmopolitan country.