CHAPTER VI

THE OMAYYADS (661-750 A.D.) 175

Foundation of the Omayyads, 175. Yazid made caliph, 176. Siege of Mecca, 177. Abdul-Malik, caliph, 179. Siege of Mecca, 180. The eastern caliphate, 184. Suleiman’s ambitions, 185. The last Omayyads, 186.

## CHAPTER VII THE ARABS IN EUROPE (711-961 A.D.) 191

The invasion of France, 198.

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