CONTENTS
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section three (Descriptive Note)     		249
ch. XV.       the rise of islam :     	251—262
Commencement of the Modern Age.
Prophet Muhammad. Caliphates of
Bagdad, Cairo, and Cordoba. Conquests
of the Crescent: West and East. The
Legacy of Islam.
ch. XVI.     towards better order in europe : ..   263—272
Fall of the Roman Empire: the Dark
Age in Europe. Prankish Kingdom in the
West. Charlemagne and his successors.
Otto the Great and his successors.
Struggles between Emperors and Popes,
No Imperial way out of the chaos.
ch. XVII.    the sway of the cross :      ..      ..   273—284
Roman Catholic Church the sole cham-
pion of order and civilisation. The
power of the Popes. Monastic Orders.
The Crusades.
ch. XVIII.   medieval life in europe :     ..      ..   285—299
Feudalism ; its characteristics. Knight-
errantry and the Age of chivalry. Monas-
teries, Manors, and Towns. Education
and Literature. The Great Florentines.
ch. XIX.    the east in medieval times :        ..   300—313
Tang, Sung, and Yuan dynasties of
China. Pre-Mughal Muslim and Hindu
dynasties of India, Population move-
ments : Mongols and Turks. Marco Polo,
Al-Biruni, and Ibn Battuta,