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Malta is a small and densely populated European microstate, comprising an archipelago of seven islands, making it an island nation.
The Maltese islands were first settled in 5200 BC by stone age farmers who had arrived from Sicily, possibly the Sicani who are thought to be related to the Iberians. During 3500 BC, these people built the oldest religious structures in the world, in the form of the megalithic Ġgantija temples on Gozo.

The origin of the term “Malta” is uncertain, though the modern day variation is from the Maltese language. The more common etymology is that it comes from the Greek word μέλι (meli) (’honey’). The Greeks called the island Μελίτη (Melite) meaning “honey” or “honey-sweet” possibly due to Malta’s unique production of honey; Malta has had an endemic species of bee which lives on the island, giving it the common nickname the “land of honey”.