. The story of the greatest nations, from the dawn of history to the twentieth century : a comprehensive history, founded upon the leading authorities, including a complete chronology of the world, and a pronouncing vocabulary of each nation . ions ran low, and St. Louis decided to attackthe Mahometans in Tunis, and defeat them thus near at hand before advancingon Egypt. Under the flaming sun of Tunis, on the site of ancient Carthage, he waitedfor provisions. Disease struck down the army, and this time it assailed as itschief victim the aged and wasted king. He died there upon the burning Afri
. The story of the greatest nations, from the dawn of history to the twentieth century : a comprehensive history, founded upon the leading authorities, including a complete chronology of the world, and a pronouncing vocabulary of each nation . ions ran low, and St. Louis decided to attackthe Mahometans in Tunis, and defeat them thus near at hand before advancingon Egypt. Under the flaming sun of Tunis, on the site of ancient Carthage, he waitedfor provisions. Disease struck down the army, and this time it assailed as itschief victim the aged and wasted king. He died there upon the burning Afri-can sands, a saints death of prayer and forgiveness and wise counsels. Ed-ward, Prince of England, who had come to join him, pushed on to the Holy^Land, but accomplished little and soon returned home. As for the French cru-saders, most of them hurried back to France as promptly as possible after theirkings death. With Louis perished the crusades. He had kept them alive long after hisworld had lost all interest and faith in them. In 1291, Acre, the last Christianstronghold in the East, was stormed, and its inhabitants either turned Mahome-tan or were slain. From that day to this, the Holy Land has remained undis-puted in Turkish The Last Crusade
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