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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,