and renders himself master of Syria; the other, Omar,invades Egypt. In 644, Othman, a general, seizes Persia fromYesdejerde II.; the last Sassanian king. The Ommaiades found the king-dom of Kairwan on the north of Africa, and conquer Spain. TheAbassides are masters of all Western Asia, and from… … ii4 HISTORY OF THE CERAMIC ART. for the new religion, or to appropriate for its exercise those of thepeople they had conquered About 707, a tomb is consecrated at Medinato Mahomet, and is covered with earthenware plaques, one of which isin the Ceramic Musuem at Sevres ; now this plaque, similar in…
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