Peter Parley's common school history Illustrated by engravings . But at length Hulaki, chief of the Tartars, took the city of Bag-dad. He stripped off the golden veil of the caliph Mostasem, andput him alive into a leathern bag. The bag, with the poor caliph init, was dragged by horses through the same streets where he had for-merly ridden in triumph. 10. Thus perished the caliph Mostasem, being bruised to death onthe pavements. With him ended the empire of the Saracens, in theyear 1258 of the Christian era. 11. But the termination of this empire did not put an end to thereligion of Mahomei. T
Peter Parley's common school history Illustrated by engravings . But at length Hulaki, chief of the Tartars, took the city of Bag-dad. He stripped off the golden veil of the caliph Mostasem, andput him alive into a leathern bag. The bag, with the poor caliph init, was dragged by horses through the same streets where he had for-merly ridden in triumph. 10. Thus perished the caliph Mostasem, being bruised to death onthe pavements. With him ended the empire of the Saracens, in theyear 1258 of the Christian era. 11. But the termination of this empire did not put an end to thereligion of Mahomei. This continued to flourish, and finally extend-ed over nearly all the countries of Asia and Africa. 4. Who were the caliphs ? Where did they reign ? What of Mahmud Gazui ? 5. Re-late the story of the poor man and Mahmud Gazui. S. Who was Mostasem? What canyou say of him ? 9. How did he die ? 10. When did the empire of the Saracen* What of the religion of Mahomet? THE SARACENS, 59 CHAPTER XXXIV.—ASIA CONTINUED. About Syria, Phce?iicia, and Asia Ruins of Balbcc. 1. I will now give you a short account of Syria, which lay to thenorth of Palestine. It was bounded north by Asia Minor, on the eastby the river Euphrates and Arabia, on the south byPalestine and apart of Arabia, and west by the Mediterranean Sea. 2. Syria is frequently mentioned in the Bible. The people wereenirarred in almost constant wars with the Jews, from the time ofDavid, nearly to the time of Christ, when it became a Roman prov-ince. 3. At this period its capital was Antioch, which was one of themost splendid cities in the world. This was the native place of , and here both St. Peter and St. Paul lived for some , too, the followers of Christ were first called Christians. 4. Damascus, another city of Syria, one hundred and thirty-sixmiles northward of Jerusalem, appears to have been known eversince the time of Abraham. It is frequently mentioned in the Bible,and bere St. Paul was mi
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