... Mohammed, took this opportunity to conquer Palestine, Syria, Mesopotamia, Egypt, North Africa, and the south of Spain. Moslems even crossed the Pyrenees, threatening to stable their horses in St. Peter's Basilica in Rome, but at last were defeated by Charles Martel at Tours in 732 A.D., just one hundred years after the death of Mohammed. This defeat undermined the western conquests and ... ...

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