{"product_id":"2940013094307","title":"A Short History of Spain [Illustrated]","description":"This edition features\u003cbr\u003e • a linked Table of Contents and linked Index\u003cbr\u003e • illustrations\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCONTENTS (abridged list)\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER I.\u003cbr\u003eAncient Iberia — The Basques — The Keltberians — The Phenicians — Cadiz Founded\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER II.\u003cbr\u003eStruggle between Phenicians and Assyrians — Founding of Carthage — Decline of Phenicia — Rise of Roman Power — First Punic War\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER III.\u003cbr\u003eHamilcar — Hannibal — Siege and Fall of Saguntum — Rome Invades Spain — Scipio's Policy — Cadiz, (Gades) Surrendered to the Romans — By What Steps IBERIA Became SPAIN — Fall of Carthaginian Power — How Spain Became a Roman Province\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER IV.\u003cbr\u003eSertorius — Story of the White Hind — Rome Fights Her Own Battles on Spanish Soil — Battle of Munda — Cæsar Declared Dictator — The Ides of March — Octavius Augustus — Spain Latinized — Four Hundred Years of Peace\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER V.\u003cbr\u003eNorthern Races in the History of Civilization — Roman Empire Expiring — Ataulfus — Attila and the Huns — Theodoric — Evaric Completes Conquest of Spanish Peninsula — Europe Teutonized — Difference between Anglo-Saxon and Latin Races\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER VI.\u003cbr\u003eUlfilas — Arianism — The Spanish Language — Brunhilde — Leovigild — His Son's Apostasy — Arianism Ceases to be the Established Religion of Spain\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER VII.\u003cbr\u003eToledo — Church of Santa Maria — Wamba\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER VIII.\u003cbr\u003eDecline of Visigoths — Roderick — Count Julian's Treachery — Mahommedanism — Tarif — Prophecy Found in the Enchanted Tower — Tarik — Roderick's Defeat and Death — Moslem Empire Established in Spain\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER IX.\u003cbr\u003eMusa's Dream of European Conquest — Charles Martel — Characteristics of Mahommedan Rule — Mission of the Saracen in Europe — The Germ of a Christian Kingdom in the North of Spain\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER X.\u003cbr\u003ePelayo and the Cave of Covadonga — Alfonso I. — Berbers and Arabs at War on African Coast — War Extends to Spain — The Omeyyad Khalifs Superseded by the Abbasides — Abd-er-Rahman — Omeyyad Dynasty Established at Cordova — Ineffectual Attempt of the Abbasides to Overthrow Abd-er-Rahman — Character of This Conqueror\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER XI.\u003cbr\u003eCharlemagne — Battle of Roncesvalles\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER XII.\u003cbr\u003eConditions after Death of Abd-er-Rahman — Abd-er-Rahman II. — Arab Refinements — Eulogius and the Christian Martyrs — Abd-er-Rahman III. — A Khalifate at Cordova — The Great Mosque — The City of \"The Fairest\" — Death of Abd-er-Rahman III.\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER XIII.\u003cbr\u003eRough Cradle of a Spanish Nationality in the Asturias — Alfonso III. and His Hidalgos and Dons — Guerrilla Warfare with Moors — Jealousies and Strife between Christian Kingdoms — Civil War — Almanzor — Ruin of Christian State Seemed Imminent — Death of Almanzor — Berber Revolt — Anarchy in Moorish State — A Khalif Begging a Crust of Bread — Berbers Destroy Cordova — Library Burned — City of \"The Fairest\" a Ruin — Asturias — Leon and Castile United — Alfonso VI. — The Cid — Triumph of Christians — Moors Ask Aid of the Almoravides — Christians Driven Back — Death of the Cid — A Dynasty of the Almoravides — The Alhomades — The Great Mahdi — Moorish People Become Subject to Emperor of Morocco — His Designs upon Europe — The Pope Proclaims a Crusade — Alhomades Driven Out of Spain by Christians — Moorish Kingdom Reduced to Province of Granada\u003cbr\u003e...\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER XXIV.\u003cbr\u003eBirth of an Insurgent Party in Cuba — Ten Years' War — Impossible Reforms Promised — Revolution Started by José Marti, 1895 — Attitude of the American Government — General Weyler's Methods — Effect upon Sentiment in America — Destruction of the Battle-Ship Maine — Verdict of Court of Inquiry — War Declared between Spain and America — Victories of Manila and in Cuba — Terms of Peace — Marriage of AlfonsoXIII. and the Princess Ena\u003cbr\u003eLIST OF KINGS\u003cbr\u003eINDEX","brand":"PastIsProlog","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47147459084528,"sku":"2940013094307","price":3.69,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940013094307_p0.jpg?v=1763576707","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940013094307","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}