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SCHEME OF CONTENTS
BOOK VI (Continued) PAGE - Chapter XXXII. Muhammad and Arab Islam
§ 1. Arabia before Muhammad1 § 2. Life of Muhammad to the Hegira4 § 3. Muhammad becomes a fighting prophet8 § 4. The teachings of Islam14 § 5. The caliphs Abu Bekr and Omar16 § 6. The great days of the Omayyads22 § 7. The decay of Islam under the Abbasids31 § 8. The intellectual life of Arab Islam34 - Chapter XXXIII. Christendom and the Crusades
§ 1. The Western world at its lowest ebb40 § 2. The feudal system42 § 3. The Frankish kingdom of the Merovingians46 § 4. The Christianization of the western barbarians48 § 5. Charlemagne becomes emperor of the West54 § 6. The personality of Charlemagne59 § 7. The French and the Germans become distinct61 § 8. The Normans, the Saracens, the Hungarians, and the Seljuk Turks64 § 9. How Constantinople appealed to Rome72 § 10. The Crusades76 § 11. The Crusades a test of Christianity84 § 12. The Emperor Frederick II86 § 13. Defects and limitations of the papacy90 § 14. A list of leading Popes96 BOOK VII THE GREAT MONGOL EMPIRES OF THE LAND WAYS
AND THE NEW EMPIRES OF THE SEA WAYS- Chapter XXXIV. The Great Empire of Jengis Khan and his Successors
§ 1. Asia at the end of the twelfth century105 § 2. The rise and victories of the Mongols108 § 3. The travels of Marco Polo114 § 4. The Ottoman Turks, the Turkish Caliph, and Constantinople120
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