Roger of Sicily has spent the past…

Roger of Sicily has spent the past twenty-five years of his reign widening his kingdom by raiding imperial Greek states and conquering the Zirid emirates of the North African coastal areas from Tunis to Tripoli.

After the Almohads usurp the Almoravid caliphate, they set about the reconquest of the North African lands held by Sicily, in the process disposing of the Zirid remnants.