The Great Events of World History - Volume 4 (eBook)

Volume 4 of the Great Events of World History! Featuring: VISIGOTHS PILLAGE ROME, by Edward Gibbon HUNS INVADE THE EASTERN ROMAN EMPIRE & ATTILA DICTATES A TREATY OF PEACE, by Edward Gibbon THE ENGLISH CONQUEST OF BRITAIN, by John Green & Charles Knight ATTILA INVADES WESTERN EUROPE & THE BATTLE OF CHÂLONS, by Edward Creasy & Edward Gibbon FOUNDATION OF VENICE, by Thomas Hodgkin & John Ruskin CLOVIS FOUNDS THE KINGDOM OF THE FRANKS: IT BECOMES CHRISTIAN, by Francois Guizot PUBLICATION OF THE JUSTINIAN CODE, by Edward Gibbon AUGUSTINE'S MISSIONARY WORK IN ENGLAND, by The Venerable Bede & John Green THE HEGIRA, CAREER OF MAHOMET: THE KORAN: AND MAHOMETAN CREED, by Irving & Ockley THE SARACEN CONQUEST OF SYRIA, by Simon Ockley SARACENS CONQUER EGYPT & THE DESTRUCTION OF THE LIBRARY AT ALEXANDRIA, by Washington Irving SARACENS IN SPAIN: BATTLE OF THE GUADALETE, by Ahmed al-Makkari BATTLE OF TOURS, by Edward Creasy FOUNDING OF THE CARLOVINGIAN DYNASTY & PÉPIN THE SHORT USURPS THE FRANKISH CROWN, by Francois Guizot CAREER OF CHARLEMAGNE, by Francois Guizot EGBERT BECOMES KING OF THE ANGLO-SAXON HEPTARCHY, by David Hume