The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Volume 9W. Allason, 1819 - Byzantine Empire |
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Page vii
... 680 Reign of Moawiyah 680 Death of Hosein Posterity of Mahomet and Ali Success of Mahomet Permanency of his religion His merit towards his country 341 346 347 350 351 353 CHAP . LI The conquest of Persia , Syria , CONTENTS . vii.
... 680 Reign of Moawiyah 680 Death of Hosein Posterity of Mahomet and Ali Success of Mahomet Permanency of his religion His merit towards his country 341 346 347 350 351 353 CHAP . LI The conquest of Persia , Syria , CONTENTS . vii.
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... Syrian war 633-639 The conquerors of Syria 639-655 Progress of the Syrian conquerors EGYPT . Character and life of Amrou 638 Invasion of Egypt The cities of Memphis , Babylon , and Cairo Voluntary submission of the Copts or Jacobites ...
... Syrian war 633-639 The conquerors of Syria 639-655 Progress of the Syrian conquerors EGYPT . Character and life of Amrou 638 Invasion of Egypt The cities of Memphis , Babylon , and Cairo Voluntary submission of the Copts or Jacobites ...
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... Syria , 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 ...
... Syria , 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 ...
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... Syria to the Thracian Bosphorus : they assaulted the ' capi- tal , they subverted the Greek monarchy : and a dynasty of Latin princes were seated near three- score years on the throne of Constantine . VIII . The GREEKS themselves ...
... Syria to the Thracian Bosphorus : they assaulted the ' capi- tal , they subverted the Greek monarchy : and a dynasty of Latin princes were seated near three- score years on the throne of Constantine . VIII . The GREEKS themselves ...
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... Syrian luxury was the property of his wife , he con- demned the ship to the flames , with a sharp re- proach , that her avarice had degraded the cha- racter of an empress into that of a merchant . Yet his last choice intrusted her with ...
... Syrian luxury was the property of his wife , he con- demned the ship to the flames , with a sharp re- proach , that her avarice had degraded the cha- racter of an empress into that of a merchant . Yet his last choice intrusted her with ...
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