The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Volume 9W. Allason, 1819 - Byzantine Empire |
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... EGYPT . Character and life of Amrou 638 Invasion of Egypt The cities of Memphis , Babylon , and Cairo Voluntary submission of the Copts or Jacobites Siege and conquest of Alexandria The Alexandrian Library · Administration of Egypt ...
... EGYPT . Character and life of Amrou 638 Invasion of Egypt The cities of Memphis , Babylon , and Cairo Voluntary submission of the Copts or Jacobites Siege and conquest of Alexandria The Alexandrian Library · Administration of Egypt ...
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... Egypt , and Africa , the pro- vinces of the Roman empire ; nor can I check their victorious career till they have overthrown the monarchies of Persia and Spain . In the third , I shall inquire how Constantinople and Europe were saved by ...
... Egypt , and Africa , the pro- vinces of the Roman empire ; nor can I check their victorious career till they have overthrown the monarchies of Persia and Spain . In the third , I shall inquire how Constantinople and Europe were saved by ...
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... Egypt . In these memorable crusades , a fleet and army of French and Venetians were diverted from Syria to the Thracian Bosphorus : they assaulted the ' capi- tal , they subverted the Greek monarchy : and a dynasty of Latin princes were ...
... Egypt . In these memorable crusades , a fleet and army of French and Venetians were diverted from Syria to the Thracian Bosphorus : they assaulted the ' capi- tal , they subverted the Greek monarchy : and a dynasty of Latin princes were ...
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... Egypt , and on the seas of Sicily and Greece : the influence of his negociations extended from Jerusalem to Rome and Russia ; and the Byzan- tine monarchy , for a while , became an object of respect or terror to the powers of Asia and ...
... Egypt , and on the seas of Sicily and Greece : the influence of his negociations extended from Jerusalem to Rome and Russia ; and the Byzan- tine monarchy , for a while , became an object of respect or terror to the powers of Asia and ...
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... Egypt , had been fortified with the images of Christ , his mother , and his saints ; and each city presumed on the hope or promise of miraculous defence . In a rapid conquest of ten years , the Arabs subdued those cities and these ...
... Egypt , had been fortified with the images of Christ , his mother , and his saints ; and each city presumed on the hope or promise of miraculous defence . In a rapid conquest of ten years , the Arabs subdued those cities and these ...
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