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Page 185
... Islam , at- tacked simultaneously by the Crusaders on one side and by the Central Asian Nomads on the other , was driven to bay , as Christendom had been driven some centuries earlier when it had been compelled to face simultaneous ...
... Islam , at- tacked simultaneously by the Crusaders on one side and by the Central Asian Nomads on the other , was driven to bay , as Christendom had been driven some centuries earlier when it had been compelled to face simultaneous ...
Page 209
... Islam to some new manifestation of religion . These several possibilities , how- ever , are all alike contingent upon a happy outcome of the situation in which mankind finds itself to - day . They pre- suppose that the discordant ...
... Islam to some new manifestation of religion . These several possibilities , how- ever , are all alike contingent upon a happy outcome of the situation in which mankind finds itself to - day . They pre- suppose that the discordant ...
Page 212
... Islam - even if it had slumbered as long as the Seven Sleepers - because it might awaken echoes of a heroic age . On two historic occasions in the past , Islam has been the sign in which an Oriental society has risen up victoriously ...
... Islam - even if it had slumbered as long as the Seven Sleepers - because it might awaken echoes of a heroic age . On two historic occasions in the past , Islam has been the sign in which an Oriental society has risen up victoriously ...
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My View of History | 3 |
The Present Point in History | 16 |
Does History Repeat Itself? | 29 |
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