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According to Edmund von Lippman, the invention of the three-cylinder mill in this region revived its sugar industry. Frederick II instituted a monopoly on the grain trade to this region via a legal code called the Liber Augustalis. The Kalbid dynasty introduced oranges and lemons to this region, which was once part of the Fatimid Caliphate. (-5[1])John of Procida was involved in a revolt in this region between Peter of Aragon and Charles of Anjou. (10[1])This island was conquered under the leadership of Roger Bosso (10[1])and the Hauteville scion Robert (10[1])Guiscard, and was the site of an Eastertide revolt that broke out against the French. For 10 points, a blend of Norman and Arab culture emerged on what island, (10[2])where a 1282 “Vespers” revolt broke out in Palermo? ■END■

ANSWER: Sicily [or Sicilia; accept War of the Sicilian Vespers; accept County of Sicily; accept Kingdom of Sicily; accept Emirate of Sicily; accept Fatimid Sicily; prompt on Mezzogiorno or Southern Italy or Italian Republic or Repubblica Italiana; reject “Kingdom of the Two Sicilies”]
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Nicholas NguyenUF DUF C55-5
Qingyu ZhangUF AFlorida Tech A7410
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Christophe SavoieUF EFlorida State University A8910
Alexander NicholsUCF BFlorida Tech B11810
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