What did the Arab occupiers bring to northern Italy

The expansion from the South that the Arabs had initiated in 711, when Tariq invaded ... gress of the Union Europeenne d'Arabisants et d'Islamisants at Venice. (September 30 ... of Arab raids in the Alpine area, variously brought into connection with the Arab ... the chronicler Liutprant of Cremona the occupiers of Fraxinetum.

Explanation:

Explanation:

The history of Islam in Sicily and Southern Italy began with the first Arab settlement in Sicily, at Mazara, which was captured in 827.[1] The subsequent rule of Sicily and Malta started in the 10th century.[2] Islamic rule over all Sicily began in 902, and the Emirate of Sicily lasted from 831 until 1061. Though Sicily was the primary Muslim stronghold in Italy, some temporary footholds, the most substantial of which was the port city of Bari (occupied from 847 until 871), were established on the mainland peninsula, especially in mainland Southern Italy, though Muslim raids, mainly those of Muhammad I Abu 'l-Abbas, reached as far north as Naples, Rome and the northern region of Piedmont. The Muslim raids were part of a larger struggle for power in Italy and Europe, with Christian Byzantine, Frankish, Norman and local Italian forces also competing for control. Muslims were sometimes sought as allies by various Christian factions against other factions.