A Compendium of the History of All Nations: Exhibiting a Concise View of the Origin, Progress, Decline and Fall of the Most Considerable Empires, Kingdoms, and States of the World, from the Earliest Times to the Present Period. Interspersed with a Short Account of the Prevailing Religions. Ornamented with a Frontispiece... and Three Other Plates |
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... Spain .... Under the Carthaginians .... The Romans .... The Van- dals ...... and the Moors ...... Arragon and Castile under Ferdinand and Isabella .... Expulsion of the Moors .... Dis- covery of America , Portugal .... Ancient ...
... Spain .... Under the Carthaginians .... The Romans .... The Van- dals ...... and the Moors ...... Arragon and Castile under Ferdinand and Isabella .... Expulsion of the Moors .... Dis- covery of America , Portugal .... Ancient ...
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... Spain were subject ; but the governors of the provinces , under the caliphs of Baby- lon and Cairo , soon wrested the civil power out of their hands , who had hitherto enjoyed an absolute control in affairs of religion and government ...
... Spain were subject ; but the governors of the provinces , under the caliphs of Baby- lon and Cairo , soon wrested the civil power out of their hands , who had hitherto enjoyed an absolute control in affairs of religion and government ...
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... Spain and Italy . The event was for some time doubtful ; but the Carthaginians were constrained to sue for peace , which they obtained on hard and ignominious condi- tions ( b . C. 242. ) By this war , which lasted twenty- three years ...
... Spain and Italy . The event was for some time doubtful ; but the Carthaginians were constrained to sue for peace , which they obtained on hard and ignominious condi- tions ( b . C. 242. ) By this war , which lasted twenty- three years ...
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... Spain . In the space of one century , the Romans extended their conquests over the three divisi- ons of the continent . Thrace , Greece , Africa , Syria , and all the kingdoms of Asia Minor , became members . of this vast empire ...
... Spain . In the space of one century , the Romans extended their conquests over the three divisi- ons of the continent . Thrace , Greece , Africa , Syria , and all the kingdoms of Asia Minor , became members . of this vast empire ...
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... Spain , and Britain . The eastern empire subsisted for many ages ; but the western soon became the prey of barbarians . The frail and mouldering edifice of the republic is now hastening to its fall . Under the reign of Honorius , the ...
... Spain , and Britain . The eastern empire subsisted for many ages ; but the western soon became the prey of barbarians . The frail and mouldering edifice of the republic is now hastening to its fall . Under the reign of Honorius , the ...
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