The Super Summary Of World History - Plot & Excerpts
Once again, odd as it may seem, when Byzantium fell its Roman culture disappeared. The Ottoman Turks had no use for heathen Christian ways and obliterated the remains of Rome in the east. In AD 640, out of the deserts of Arabia, came a new monotheistic religion firing its adherents to conquer in the name of their god Allah. Long before the fall of Constantinople, the Muslim warriors had swept out of Arabia, through Egypt, and across North Africa to the straits of Gibraltar. After crossing the Mediterranean to Iberia (Spain and Portugal) the Muslims destroyed the disunited forces of Christianity, conquering Iberia for Allah. Now that Spain was Muslim, the armies of Islam looked to the conquest of France as the next logical step to winning the world for their god. Islam Turned Back at Tours 732 A powerful Muslim force crossed the Pyrenees Mountains and moved into Southern France where they shattered the Christian forces of Aquitaine before moving north and falling into battle with Charles Martel (the Hammer) at the Battle of Tours in 732.
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