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An Abridgment of Mr. Gibbon's History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire
An Abridgment of Mr Gibbon's History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire Author:Edward Gibbon General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1807 Original Publisher: printed for T. Cadell and W. Davies Subjects: History / Ancient / Rome History / Medieval History / Europe / Greece Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or missing text. When ... more »you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. Excerpt: CHAPTER XXXVI. DESCRIPTION OF ARABIA AND ITS INHABITANTS -- BIRTH, CHARACTER, AND DOCTRINE OF MAHOMET -- HE BREACHES AT MECCA -- FLIES TO MEDINA -- PROPAGATES HIS RELIGION BY THE SWORD -- VOLUNTARY OR RELUCTANT SUBMISSION OF THE ARABS -- HIS DEATH AND SUCCESSORS -- THE CLAIMS AND FORTUNES OF ALI AND HIS DESCENDANTS. . L/URING the reign of Heraclius, the doctrines and vi« less