Reber, Franz, Clarke, Joseph Thacher, d. 1920, tr · New York : Harper & Brothers · leaf 229
island was conquered between the years 802 and 878,and, by the wisdom and energy of the princes resident in Palermo,became, during the following century, the seat of a culture such ashad previously existed only during the ages of Hellenic coloniza-tion. This flourishing period was not of long… … Fig. 102.—The Kuba near Palermo. Roger, brother of King Robert Guiscard of Naples, became masterof the entire island in the year 1090. The Norman rulers did notconsider it in their interest to overthrow the Arabian civilization,which was, on the contrary, protected both by them and by…
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