The world: historical and actual . Unfortunate, sometimes calledBoabdil. It was in the middle of the eighth cen-tury that the former came into his kingdom, 37 296 CELTIC, GOTHIC AND MOORISH SPAIN. and almost the close of the fifteenth centurywhen the latter withdrew from his, and theMoorish invasion of Spain was at an end for that long period there was almost constantwar between the Moslems and the Christians, andthese different religionists were at war among eachother. Indeed, the Moors were fatally weakened byinternal dissensions, rather than by the hostility ofthe Cross and the
The world: historical and actual . Unfortunate, sometimes calledBoabdil. It was in the middle of the eighth cen-tury that the former came into his kingdom, 37 296 CELTIC, GOTHIC AND MOORISH SPAIN. and almost the close of the fifteenth centurywhen the latter withdrew from his, and theMoorish invasion of Spain was at an end for that long period there was almost constantwar between the Moslems and the Christians, andthese different religionists were at war among eachother. Indeed, the Moors were fatally weakened byinternal dissensions, rather than by the hostility ofthe Cross and the Crescent. middle of the ninth century. He encouraged allthe arts of industry. The poor found profitableemployment, especially in building and adorn-ing the capital, constructing roads and bridges,planting vineyards and raising grain. Men ofdistinction were invited to the court without re-gard to race or religion. To him succeeded a seriesof kings who were kept busy in trying to suppressinsurrections and maintain what had been be-. The question of final supremacy rested not somuch on which church was the stronger as whichwas least rent and torn by its own rivalries, hatesand ambitions. It was in Spain that the civilization of the Sara-cens attained its most glorious results. The bestblood of Arabia and all the Moslem lands flowedthither and built up a nation of bravo soldiers, eru-dite scholars and skilled artisans. Cordova was longthe seat of empire. The Christians were drivenback and only allowed to establish themselves in theprovince of Asturias, about the Bay of Biscay. Thesecond king to reflect honor upon the throne atCordova was Abderahman II., who flourished in the queathed to them. In 912 another Abderahman, inname and character, came to the throne, underwhom the kingdom was harmonious, but againstwhom a very formidable Christian army Ramiro II. the two armies met near Sala-manca and a terrible battle ensued. - The Christianswere greatly discouraged if not
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