enis,thejews,

thearaans,thesetes,hadbeen

therulersofeasiaforthirtyorfortyturies.they

hadbeennqueredbytheindoeuropeanpersianswhohad

efroheeastandbytheindoeuropeangreekswho

hadefrohe.ahundredyearsafterthedeathof

alexahegreat,iticphoenis,

hadfoughttheindoeuropeanronsforthestery

ofthediterranean.carthagehadbeeedaroyed

andfhthundredyearstheronshadbeensters

oftheheseveury,hoher

setictribeappearedupontheseandchallehe

pohe.theyhearabs,peacefulshepherds

edthroughthedesertsine

perialaitions.

thentheylisteohaed,uheirhorsesand

ihaurytheyhadpushedtotheheartofeurope

andproclaidthegloriesofallah,``theonlygod,and

haed,``theprophetoftheonlygod,tothefrightened

peasantsoffrance.

thestoryofahd,thesonofabdallahandanah

usuallyknod,or``hewhowillbepraised,;

readslikeachapterihousandandonenights.he

eldriver,boina.heseetohavebeenan

epileptidhesufferedfropellsofunnsciousnesswhen

hedreadstrangedreaahevoiceoftheangel

gabriel,ertendowninabook

calledthekoran.his

alloverarabiaalyfallinginhjewish