<Tr> <Td_colspan="1"> Malta </Td> <Td_colspan="46"> 870 Aghlabids </Td> <Td_colspan="20"> 1091 County of Sicily </Td> <Td_colspan="32"> 1130 Kingdom of Sicily </Td> <Td_colspan="36"> 1194 County of Malta (Swabians) </Td> <Td_colspan="8"> 1266 Kingdom of Sicily </Td> <Td_colspan="93"> 1283 Crown of Aragon </Td> <Td_colspan="21"> 1479 Catholic Monarchy (Castile and Aragon) </Td> <Td_colspan="12"> 1516 Kingdom of Spain (Habsburg) </Td> <Td_colspan="132"> 1530 Knights of St. John of Jerusalem </Td> <Td_colspan="1"> 1798 French Republic </Td> <Td_colspan="61"> 1800 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland </Td> <Td_colspan="21"> 1922 United Kingdom </Td> <Td_colspan="28"> 1964 Republic of Malta </Td> <Td_colspan="1"> Malta </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="1"> San Marino </Td> <Td_colspan="511"> 301 Most Serene Republic of San Marino </Td> <Td_colspan="1"> San Marino </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="1"> Vatican City </Td> <Td_colspan="436"> 752 Papal States </Td> <Td_colspan="29"> 1870 States of the Church </Td> <Td_colspan="46"> 1929 Vatican City </Td> <Td_colspan="1"> Vatican City </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="1"> Italy </Td> <Td_colspan="93"> 705 Saracens, Giudicati </Td> <Td_colspan="69"> 1185 Giudicati (Holy Roman Empire, Crown of Aragon) </Td> <Td_colspan="73"> 1323 Crown of Aragon </Td> <Td_colspan="19"> 1479 Catholic Monarchy (Castile and Aragon) </Td> <Td_colspan="4"> 1504 Crown of Aragon </Td> <Td_colspan="103"> 1516 Kingdom of Spain (Habsburg) </Td> <Td_colspan="1"> 1714 Kingdom of Spain (Habsburg) </Td> <Td_colspan="2"> 1716 Kingdom of Spain </Td> <Td_colspan="70"> 1720 Kingdom of Sardinia </Td> <Td_colspan="43"> 1861 Kingdom of Italy </Td> <Td_colspan="34"> 1946 Italian Republic </Td> <Td_colspan="1"> Italy </Td> </Tr>

Which helped the rise of sovereign states in europe in the 1300s