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Identifier: historyofmediaev00davi (find matches)
Title: A history of mediaeval and modern Europe for secondary schools
Year: 1914 (1910s)
Authors: Davis, William Stearns, 1877-1930 McKendrick, Norman Shaw, 1876- jt. auth
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Publisher: Boston, New York (etc.) Houghton Mifflin Company
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SOLDIERS OF THE IMPERIALGUARD Restored. (From a mosaic in theChurch of St. Vitale at Ravenna, Italy.)On one of the shields, note the two firstletters of the Greek word for Christ:XP MOHAMMEDANS AND THE EASTERN EMPIRE 35 ate, to tell the tale of how Allah had refused victory to hischosen people. The Eastern Empire was saved. More thanseven centuries were to pass ere the Moslem standards mightwave upon the walls of Constantinople, and in the mean time
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( J Eastern Empire c.7£-JMohammedan Conquests 622-63J 632-661 ■■ 661-750 Longitude West 0° Longitude East 10° from Greenwich THE EAST ROMAN EMPIRE ABOUT 750 A.D.The Mohammedan lands in the West western Europe was to grow strong enough to advance Chris-tian civilization alone. The present age owes an unmeasureddebt to Leo the Isaurian. 18. The later Caliphate. This defeat, followed by the disasterat Tours (732), dampened the ardor of the Moslems. Theirfirst fanaticism had ceased. The original Arab conquerors hadbecome a mere fraction of the less vigorous races which hadnow accepted Islam. About 800, the Caliphate of Bagdad underHaroun-al-Raschid, was at its height. The caliph was obeyedfrom the Atlantic to the frontier of India. His capital had allthe gold and glitter, also the tawdriness and filth, of a great andtypical Oriental city. The Moslems rapidly learned the refine-ments and arts of the conquered races. They even developedcertain sciences, and transmitted their learning

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