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... eighth century , the extensive territory which the Arabs had conquered was under one rule . The caliph made his capital in Damascus and ruled these vast territories and peoples with an autocratic government modeled on the oriental ...
... eighth century , the extensive territory which the Arabs had conquered was under one rule . The caliph made his capital in Damascus and ruled these vast territories and peoples with an autocratic government modeled on the oriental ...
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... eighth century that the Frankish rulers were sufficiently intelligent to understand the possibilities for the growth of their own power in an alliance with the papacy . The surprising consequence of Gregory's missionary work was the ...
... eighth century that the Frankish rulers were sufficiently intelligent to understand the possibilities for the growth of their own power in an alliance with the papacy . The surprising consequence of Gregory's missionary work was the ...
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... century the rulers of Northumbria were powerful for a time ; and in the eighth century the king of Mercia , in the rich agricultural midlands , established his ascendency over many of the other chieftains . But even by the eighth century ...
... century the rulers of Northumbria were powerful for a time ; and in the eighth century the king of Mercia , in the rich agricultural midlands , established his ascendency over many of the other chieftains . But even by the eighth century ...
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Introduction THE SCOPE OF MEDIEVAL HISTORY I | 1 |
PART ONE THE ROMAN DESTINY | 15 |
Chapter Two THE CHRISTIAN EMPIRE AND | 31 |
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