Excerpt from History of the Moorish Empire in Europe, Vol. 2 of 3
Classic Souvenirs of Sicily - Its Great Natural Advantages - It becomes the Stronghold of the Papacy - Invasion of the Arabs - They besiege Syracuse - Strength of that City Failure of the Enterprise - Capture of Palermo - Rapid Progress of the Moslems - Condition of Italy - Arab Al liance with N aples - Messina taken - Betrayal of Castrogio vanni - Rout of the Greeks near Syracuse - Feuds of the Conquerors - Their Successes in Italy - Second Siege of Syracuse - The City is stormed and destroyed by ibn-mo hammed - Peril of Rome - Appearance Of the Normans in the South of Europe - They invade Sicily - Siege of Palermo - Subj eetion of the Island - Influence of the Moslems over their Conquerors - General Condition of Sicily - Its Civil ization - Palermo and its Environs - Science, Art, and Liter ature - The Great Work of Edrisi - Arab Occupation of Sardinia, Crete, Corsica, and Malta.
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