History of the Moorish Empire in Europe Vol. 2 of 3 (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from History of the Moorish Empire in Europe Vol. 2 of 3<br><br>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 - In?uence 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.<br><br>About the Publisher<br><br>Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com<br><br>This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases an imperfection in the original such as a blemish or missing page may be replicated in our edition. We do however repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.