The Student's Manual of Modern HistoryLongmans, Green, 1866 - 612 páginas |
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... battle the Gothic cavalry , hurried forward by their impetuosity , advanced so far beyond their infantry , that they were surrounded and cut to pieces before they could receive assistance . Totila , hasting with a chosen troop to remedy ...
... battle the Gothic cavalry , hurried forward by their impetuosity , advanced so far beyond their infantry , that they were surrounded and cut to pieces before they could receive assistance . Totila , hasting with a chosen troop to remedy ...
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... battle fought near Vienne ( A.D. 523 ) Chlodomer was slain , ' but Theodoric gained a decisive victory , and added the Burgundian kingdom to his own dominions . 1The brothers joined their forces at Veserancia , a place situated in the ...
... battle fought near Vienne ( A.D. 523 ) Chlodomer was slain , ' but Theodoric gained a decisive victory , and added the Burgundian kingdom to his own dominions . 1The brothers joined their forces at Veserancia , a place situated in the ...
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... battle lasted several days , and ended in the almost total annihilation of the Persian army , while the loss of the Arabs did not exceed three thousand men . The celebrated standard of Persia , originally the apron of the patriotic ...
... battle lasted several days , and ended in the almost total annihilation of the Persian army , while the loss of the Arabs did not exceed three thousand men . The celebrated standard of Persia , originally the apron of the patriotic ...
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... battle of Yermûk . Inspired by this victory , Abu Obeidah laid siege to Jerusalem , and in four months reduced the garrison to such dis- tress that a surrender was unavoidable . The Khaliph Omar came in person to receive the submission ...
... battle of Yermûk . Inspired by this victory , Abu Obeidah laid siege to Jerusalem , and in four months reduced the garrison to such dis- tress that a surrender was unavoidable . The Khaliph Omar came in person to receive the submission ...
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... battle was fought . At length some enthusiasts met accidentally at Mecca , and began to discuss the calamities that threatened the ruin of Islamism . One of them remarked that no one of the claimants of the throne deserved to reign ...
... battle was fought . At length some enthusiasts met accidentally at Mecca , and began to discuss the calamities that threatened the ruin of Islamism . One of them remarked that no one of the claimants of the throne deserved to reign ...
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