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The Story of Malta: The Fortress Island of the Mediterranean — Fexingo History
The Knights' Corso: How Slavery Built Malta's Golden Age
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In this episode, Lucas and Luna explore the brutal engine behind the Knights of St. John's economy: the corso, a state-sanctioned system of maritime raiding and slave-taking that turned Malta into a Mediterranean hub. They trace how captured Muslims and...
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