This series has twelve easy 5 minute installments. This first installment: Byzantines Assemble Powerful Army.IntroductionWhen Omar ascended the
Death of Caliph Omar
Today's installment concludes Saracens Destroy the Great Library,our selection from Mahomet and His Successors by Washington Irving published in
The Books Are Burned
"The contents of those books," said he, "are in conformity with the Koran, or they are not. If they are, the Koran is sufficient without them; if they
Muslims Capture Alexandria Twice
Alexandria now lay before them, the metropolis of wealthy Egypt, the emporium of the East, a place strongly fortified and garrisoned, stored with all
Saracens Destroy the Great Library
This series has four easy 5 minute installments. This first installment: The Muslim Army Enters Egypt.IntroductionThe fabulous Library of
Assessing Mohammed
Today's installment concludes Mohammed,the name of our combined selection from Washington Irving and Simon Ockley. The concluding installment, by
Mohammed’s Farewell Pilgrimage
The next thing the apostle did was to shave his head, beginning on the right side of it and finishing it on the left.Continuing Mohammed,our
Mohammed’s Conquest of Mecca
Upon the conquest of Mecca, many of the tribes of the Arabs came and submitted to Mohammed.Continuing Mohammed,our selection from The History of
Mohammed Throws Idols out of Kaaba
Having alighted, he went into the Kaaba, where he found images of angels and a figure of Abraham holding in his hand a bundle of arrows.Continuing