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	Bichon Frise, Havanese, Yorkshire Terrier (Yorkies) & Maltese Puppies
		Maltese are considered a Toy and are usually 5-8 pounds full-grown with the slightly larger size better for young children.
		Most people think that a Maltese is a Terrier when they are actually in the Spaniel family.
		Maltese are more child friendly than Yorkies and quickly become very attached to their new family.
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	Maltese Currency (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Maltesers are a confectionary manufactured by Mars, Inc. They consist of a spherical malt honeycomb centre, surrounded by chocolate.
		Maltese is the national language of Malta, and an official language of the European Union.
		Corto Maltese (possibly derived from the Venetian ''Courtyard of the Maltese'') is a laconic sea captain adventuring through the early 20th century (1900-1920s).
	www.wwwtln.com /finance/120/maltese-currency.html (1250 words)

	Nobility (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Originally, knights or nobles were mounted warriors who swore allegiance to their sovereign and promised to fight for him in exchange for allocation of land (usually together with serfs living there).
		Nobility in its most general and strict sense is an acknowledged preeminence that is hereditary, i.e., legitimate descendants (or all male descendants, in some societies) of nobles are nobles, unless explicitly stripped of the privilege.
		Nobles typically commanded resources, such as food, money, or labor, from common members or nobles of lower rank of their societies, and could exercise religious or political power over them.
	www.worldhistory.com /wiki/N/Nobility.htm (784 words)

	MALTA (OR MEDITERRANEAN) FEVER - LoveToKnow Article on MALTA (OR MEDITERRANEAN) FEVER (Site not responding. Last check: )
		These foreigners introduced new life into politics and the press, and made it fashionable for educated Maltese to delude themselves with the idea that the Maltese were Italians, because a few of them could speak the language of the peninsula.
		Strickland, who had been elected while an undergraduate on the cry of equality of rights for Maltese and English, and Mizzi, the leader of the anti-English agitation, were, as soon as elected, given seats in the executive council to co-operate with the government; but their aims were irreconcilable.
		Maltese authorities were ignorant of the disabilities of British Nonconformists at common law, and they had not perceived that persons with a British domicile could not evade their own laws by marrying in Malta, e.g.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /M/MA/MALTA_OR_MEDITERRANEAN_FEVER.htm (2173 words)

	Maltese nobility - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Maltese nobility consist of those titles of nobility recognised by the British and those titles never presented to, or failed recognition by, the Royal Commission, even though the titles were of historical relevance.
		(See Committee of Privileges of the Maltese Nobility.); and Foreign titles which were either confirmed or inherited by a person of Maltese descent.
		The Maltese nobility also included those whom settled from other parts of Europe maintaining their ancient rights.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Maltese_nobility (513 words)

	malta (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Under its 1964 constitution, Malta initially retained Queen Elizabeth II as sovereign of Malta and a Governor-General exercised executive authority on her behalf, but on December 13, 1974, Malta became a republic within the Commonwealth, with the President as head of state.
		The President is elected by the Maltese parliament, who appoints as Prime Minister the leader of the party with a majority of seats in the unicameral House of Representatives, known in Maltese as Kamra tar-Rappreżentanti.
		Malta has two official languages: Maltese (a Semitic language) and English, but Italian is also widely understood, mainly due to Italian media reaching Malta.
	www.yourencyclopedia.net /malta.html (983 words)

	Search Europe : Country Guide : Malta
		Nobles and general populace alike began to see Napoleonic laws as an attack on their beloved Church and a threat to their traditional way of life.
		The bravery of the Maltese people during the World War II was acknowledged by King George V who awarded the whole population of Malta his George Cross for valour.
		The Maltese people may have ended the war with the distinction of being the only entire population to be awarded the George Cross, Britain's highest civilian honour for bravery.
	www.searcheurope.com /countries/malta/history.shtml (4125 words)

	Search Malta - Maltese Surname Connection
		A noteworthy aspect of Maltese society is the institution of the nobility, in whose ranks may have been representatives of the honourable house of Chetcuti.
		As the closest variant to the surname Ceccuti, the "Dizionario Storico Blasonico" a compilation of the Italian nobility, mentions a family by the name of "Cecchi" belonging to the nobility of Florence since the fifteenth century.
		According to the author Charles A. Gauci, most extant Maltese blazons may be categorised as follows: those granted with a title of nobility; those granted elsewhere and brought to Malta by noble families of foreign birth who settled there; those which were assumed by non-noble, yet prominent families.
	searchmalta.com /surnames/chetcuti/index.shtml (1166 words)

	Kingdom of Jerusalem
		The rais, the leader of a community, was a kind of vassal to whatever noble owned his land, but as the Crusader nobles were absentee landlords the rais and their communities had a high degree of autonomy.
		The nobles formed the haute cour (high court), one of the earliest forms of parliament that was also developing in western Europe.
		The court consisted of the bishops and the higher nobles, and was responsible for confirming the election of a new king, allotting money to the king, and raising armies.
	www.keywordmage.net /ki/kingdom-of-jerusalem.html (1616 words)

	Casa Rocca Piccola
		He set out to prove that his compatriots had been the principal factors in procuring their emancipation and had voluntarily submitted to England's help; and that the latter, it had to be remembered, had not lost a single soldier in the procurement of Malta.
		He was elected President of the Senate and served on the Committee of Privileges of the Maltese Nobility.
		He was the only member of the Maltese aristocracy in the National Assembly to vote in favour of the adoption of the Maltese language as part of the Constitution.
	www.casaroccapiccola.com /family_history.html (2254 words)

	Malta (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The Maltese alphabet is based on the Latin alphabet, but uses a number of diacritically altered letters not found in other Latin-based alphabets, such as ċ, ġ, and ħ.
		The Maltese nobility was established during this period; some of it dating back to 1090.
		The unicameral House of Representatives, known in Maltese as Kamra tar-Rappreżentanti is elected by direct universal suffrage through single transferable vote every five years unless the House is dissolved earlier by the President on advice of the Prime Minister.
	www.toshare.info /en/Malta.htm (1878 words)

	Malta - Art History Online Reference and Guide
		After a short spell of Byzantine-rule, and a probable sack by the Vandals, the islands were conquered by the Arabs in AD 870; their influence can be seen most prominently in the modern Maltese language, which appears to have stemmed from an Arabic dialect, though it has been heavily influenced by Romance tongues.
		Under its 1964 constitution, Malta initially retained Queen Elizabeth II as sovereign of Malta, with a Governor-General exercising executive authority on her behalf, but on December 13 1974 it became a separate republic within the Commonwealth, with the President as head of state.
		The President of the Republic is elected by the Maltese parliament, who appoints as Prime Minister the leader of the party with a majority of seats in the unicameral House of Representatives, known in Maltese as Kamra tar-Rappreżentanti.
	www.arthistoryclub.com /art_history/Malta (1603 words)

	History & Culture of Malta & Gozo (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The Phoenicians brought prosperity to the Maltese islands and when Carthage which was the most important Phoenician colony in the western Mediterranean assumed the leadership of the Punic commonwealth, Malta passed under Carthaginian rule.
		It was during the reign of King Ludwig of Sicily that the Maltese nobility was established.
		In the post war years up to the 1960's it was a constant struggle by the Maltese to have a bigger say in the governing of their country.
	www.travel2malta.com /HistoryAndCulture.htm (2303 words)

	Malta travel guide introduction - Time Out Travel
		The official languages are Maltese and English, the latter a hangover from British rule (1800-1947; with full independence gained in 1964).
		Maltese nobility still live there, and some have opened cafés and restaurants in their homes.
		The Maltese waters are clear, sailing and snorkelling are popular and diving schools dot the shore.
	www.timeout.com /travel/malta/intro (477 words)

	Nick Jenkins : The Opinionated Traveller
		I was only aware of it because of the large Maltese contingent in Australia and the fact that a friend had visited it.
		After the siege however, grateful European nobility heaped riches and honours upon the Knights and their fortune grew as their fame attracted the lesser nobility from France, England, Germany and Spain.
		The Maltese language appears from the outside to be terribly complicated and contains a smattering from every culture that passed through the island at one time or another.
	www.members.tripod.com /nickjenkins/travel/malta.html (2587 words)

	Cyndi's List - Royalty & Nobility
		Belarus, nobility, Grand Duchy of Lithuanian, genealogy of Belarus, heraldry of Belarus, history of Belarus, Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth.
		For the discussion of Polish and Lithuanian heraldry, the history of the armorial clans, and the genealogy of noble families.
		For anyone with a genealogical, cultural or historical interest in European nobility during the Middle Ages, generally regarded as extending from the fall of Rome in 476 to about 1500 with the discovery of the Americas.
	www.cyndislist.com /royalty.htm (2550 words)

	MedGem Malta
		The Maltese Cross is the distinctive emblem of the Order of the Knights of Malta, the oldest institution in the world whose mission is to provide humanitarian assistance in war and peace.
		It is white to represent purity and it is worn on the left side where the heart is, to indicate love.
		From a heraldic point of view, the Knights' greatest legacy is the floor of the main vault of the Co-Cathedral of St. John in Valletta that is unsurpassed anywhere in the world.
	www.gemclipper.com /medgem/history.html (271 words)

	Maltagenealogy.com - Russian Maltese Nobility
		When Tsar Paul I of Russia had succeeded as Grand Master of Malta, a group of Maltese whom closely connected to the established Nobility had travelled with Conte Litta to St Petersburg to support and unite the Order.
		Yet, the truly momentous period in the life of the Corps des Pages dawns with the ascension to the throne of Emperor Paul I, especially from the time he assumes the dignity of Grandmaster of the Sovereign Order of Saint John of Jerusalem, the Knights of Malta.
		The Maltese Cross becomes a symbol of the planned new crusade, the Knights of Saint John of Jerusalem - the carriers « par excellence » of its ideology.
	www.saidvassallo.com /SME/russia2.htm (697 words)

	Maltese Cuisine - a guide to its influences and flavours... (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Maltese cuisine is the result of a long relationship between the Islanders and the many foreigners who made Malta their home over the centuries.
		Traditional Maltese food was until recent years relegated to the home.
		Traditional Maltese food is rustic and based on the seasons.
	www.visitmalta.com /en/what_to_do/wtd_eatingout/wtd_eat_maltesecuisine/wtd_eat_maltesecuisine.html (821 words)

	Fournier (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The fact that most of the Nobility were patent holders may have been another reason why they were not included in the Ruolo, although a number of clerics are mentioned.
		Gaetano married into French nobility in France, his sisters Diane, marrying a Sicilian Barone in Licata and Anne marrying a Frenchman while in exile during the last period of the Knights of Malta.
		Alfred was fortunate to travel to London to attend the coronation of King Edward VII in 1902, as a member of the Maltese Nobility.
	www.worldhistory.com /wiki/F/Fournier.htm (2076 words)

	siculo-norman buildings of mdina malta bargain holidays
		The city of Mdina reached its zenith during the Aragonese rule, which started from the late 13th to the beginning of the 16th century.
		By contrast, the social conditions of the Maltese people under the Spanish feudal system were bad.
		The Maltese nobility, tried to emulate the Sicilian nobility in the building of their palaces.
	www.chevron.co.uk /p66.htm (604 words)

	Walking to... The Silent City - Mdina
		Immediately upon Napoleon’s arrival, by decrees issued on the 13th and 16th of June 1798, all coats of arms of the Order and of Maltese Nobility were to be removed from façades (within 24 hours) and replaced by that of the French Republic (according to the second decree).
		That same month, less than 3 weeks later, the Church of the Annunciation (Lunzjata) and the Carmelite Monastery in Mdina were both closed down by the French and, as if to prove that they hadn’t grasped the gravity of their misdoings, in August they even closed down the Benedictine Monastery in Birgu.
		French troops gathered behind the walls of Malta’s fortified cities, where they were blockaded by the Maltese militia until their surrender 2 years later to the British fleet, under the command of Captain Alexander Ball, Lord Nelson’s bright star.
	www.my-malta.com /malteseislands/Mdina.html (1169 words)

	WIRED TEMPLES - Malta on the Web: December 2004
		It is surprising that the Maltese Deputy Prime Minister Tonio Borg chose to be interviewed by the Washington Times (not to be confused with the mainstream Washington Post) the controversial newspaper founded by Rev.
		After this time, the Maltese nobility was created; it dates back to the Norman Conquest in 1090.
		In 1530 the islands were given to the Order of Knights of the Hospital of St. John of Jerusalem by Spain (Aragon having owned the island as part of their Mediterranean empire for some time), who had been driven out of Rhodes by the Ottoman Empire.
	wiredtemples.blogspot.com /2004_12_01_wiredtemples_archive.html (7338 words)

	Towns and Villages in Malta and Gozo (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The first official record of the new name was made in 1878 and the church adopted it in 1881 with the establishment of the new parish.
		Parthenon of the Maltese stone age, it is known as Hypogeum, Greek for "beneath the ground", its lowest chambers lying 34 feet below the surface.
		Here the traditional shipbuilding skills of the Maltese have been solicited to generate replicas and scale models of venerated vessels such as the Titanic and the Santa Maria.
	www.english-studies.org /malta/charles.fiott/fiotbk1.part3.html (1952 words)

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		In 1530 the islands were given to the Order of Knights of the Hospital of St. John of Jerusalem by Spain (Aragon having owned the island aspart of their Mediterranean empire for some time), who had been driven out of Rhodes by the Ottoman Empire.
		The country was presented by several Maltese leaders to Sir Alexander Ball.In 1814, as part of the Treaty of Paris, Malta officially became apart of the British Empire and was used as a shipping waystation and fleet headquarters until the mid 1930s.
		Under its 1964 constitution, Malta initially retained Queen Elizabeth II as sovereign of Malta and a Governor-General exercised executive authority on her behalf, but onDecember 13, 1974, Malta became a republic within the Commonwealth,with the President as head of state.
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	Malta Excursions - Malta Travel Guide - Malta
		Mdina, known as the noble city, was the original capital of Malta before the arrival of the Knights of St John in the middle ages.
		While the Knights reigned over Malta the city became the home of the Maltese nobility, who lived there under autonomous rule, not being deemed worthy to be invited to join the Order of St John.
		One of the largest in Europe is St Mary’s in the central Maltese town of Mosta, with its glorious blue, gold and white dome.
	www.wordtravels.com /Cities/Malta/Malta/Excursions (1050 words)

	Middle East Open Encyclopedia: Malta (Site not responding. Last check: )
		After a period of Byzantine rule (4th to 9th century) and a probable sack by the Vandals, the islands were conquered by the Arabs in AD Their influence can be seen most prominently in the modern Maltese language, which is closely related to Arabic, though it has also been heavily influenced by Romance tongues.
		The Maltese government is intending to adopt the euro as the country's currency on 1 January 2008, having entered ERM II in May 2005.
		Fertility rate has stabilised but with a crude birth rate of 10.06 Malta remains one of the "youngest" European populations (the 0-14 age group represents 18.2% of the total population).
	www.baghdadmuseum.org /ref/index.php?title=Malta (2122 words)

	Search Malta - Maltese Surname Connection
		The Committee of Privileges of the Maltese Nobility regulates the Maltese Nobility and its main task is deciding the succession to those titles once recognized by the Government.
		Most of the foreign title-holders are themselves descended from families belonging to the Maltese nobility and are of ancient lineage.
		In culture and tradition the Maltese are European and Christian; thus for example Heraldry, a concept totally alien to the Arab world, is deeply rooted in the Maltese islands.
	www.searchmalta.com /surnames/nobility (1980 words)

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		Certified Judge of Maltese and all the Toy dogs for the National Canine Association.
		Our Maltese dogs are winners throughout the nation and the world.
		Maltese does not require a great deal of exercise, and in most cases will be
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