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... arms of the northern Barbarians ; and though a shadow of Rome's ancient power and name still survived at Constantinople , Europe had lost its former political unity , and was become again divided into a number of separate States . These ...
... arms of the northern Barbarians ; and though a shadow of Rome's ancient power and name still survived at Constantinople , Europe had lost its former political unity , and was become again divided into a number of separate States . These ...
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... arms , fell before the arms of the Barbarians ; the Papal dominion , esta- blished by the subjugation of the mind , has been already in great part overthrown by an intellectual revolution , and in spite of some symptoms of recovery it ...
... arms , fell before the arms of the Barbarians ; the Papal dominion , esta- blished by the subjugation of the mind , has been already in great part overthrown by an intellectual revolution , and in spite of some symptoms of recovery it ...
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... arms . The Spahis of the Porte prided themselves on being the guard of the Sultan . They were composed of Chris- tian slaves , and were at last divided into four different corps of different degrees of honour . These , and the Spahis ...
... arms . The Spahis of the Porte prided themselves on being the guard of the Sultan . They were composed of Chris- tian slaves , and were at last divided into four different corps of different degrees of honour . These , and the Spahis ...
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... arms were at first a shield , bow and arrows , scimitar , and long knife or dagger . It was not till the latter part of the sixteenth century that they began to carry arquebuses . In 1515 , Selim , having quelled the insolence of the ...
... arms were at first a shield , bow and arrows , scimitar , and long knife or dagger . It was not till the latter part of the sixteenth century that they began to carry arquebuses . In 1515 , Selim , having quelled the insolence of the ...
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... arms against the Venetians , Slavonians , Hungarians , and Albanians . In March , 1430 , he wrested from Venice Thessalonica , or Salonika , which that Republic had pur- chased from the Despot Andronicus , a conquest among the most ...
... arms against the Venetians , Slavonians , Hungarians , and Albanians . In March , 1430 , he wrested from Venice Thessalonica , or Salonika , which that Republic had pur- chased from the Despot Andronicus , a conquest among the most ...
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