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THE RISE OF MOHAMMEDANISM 191 with. Charles M artel's son, to which we shall turn in the next chapter, and the whole course of European history would be different. EXERCISES AND READINGS Seignobos, Medieval and Modern Civilization, chap. IV, on " Mohamme- danism." A very brief but good description of the religion and its early spread. D. C. Munro, History of the Middle Ages, chap, ix, " The Moslem World (750-1095)." Also brief, but packed with information. Cambridge Medieval History, vol. II, chap, x, " Mahomet and Islam," by A. A. Bevan. Thatcher and Schevill, Europe in the Middle Age, pp. 336-59. Lord Cromer, Modern Egypt, vol. II, pp. 133-40, 144-48, 151-53, 158-59, 181-84 — passages dealing with Islam and Moslems of the present. Margoliouth, Mohammed (Heroes of Nations series), any chapter. This is both the handiest and most scholarly Life of Mohammed in English. 'he Koran may be examined either in the complete English translation by E. H. Palmer, or in the selections made by S. Lane- Poole, Speeches and Table Talk of the Prophet Mohammed. A few excerpts are given in Ogg, Source Book for Medieval History, pp. 97-104.