The decorative periods . SICILIAN. SHOWING BYZANTINE INFLUENCE * Syria, Palestine, Persiaand Egypt came under Moham-medan dominion between 632and 641. By 709 the Saracenshad extended their sway overNorthern Africa and the Sar-acen Empire covered the countryfrom Turkestan to the shore ofthe Atlantic. By 711 they hadsubjugated nearly the whole ofSpain. Sicily was conqueredbetween 827 and 858 and earlyin the Tenth Century they ex-tended their incursions intoBurgundy. India was invadedin 711 and Constantinople fellto the Turks in

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