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History tells us that the island area that we now call Malta has been inhabited since Neolithic times and indeed structural evidence indicating the presence of settlers some 8,000 years ago, exists to this day. Following the Neolithic period, Malta saw periods of Pho;enicians, Carthaginians, Romans and Arab occupation.

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French control eventually dwindled and the British stepped in and began a period of ruling which was to last 160 years. During WWII, German bombers launched extensive air assaults on Malta, hoping to add it to its list of occupied territories however a unified defensive staged by British and Maltese forces, successfully prevented this from happening.

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