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    didverylittlegoodtotheohaedanisasfor

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    andprogilhedied,quite

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    henqueredegypt,persia,phoenicia,syriaandpalestine

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    happinessoftheirsleaithtoallunbelievers.inthe

    year700a.d.ahaedangeneralbythenaoftarik

    crossedtheoldgatesofherculesandreachedthehighrock

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    arvednorthherouteofhannibal,

    theycrossedthepassesofthepyreheydefeatedthe

    dukeofaquitania,nearbordeaux,

    andrcheduponparis.butintheyear732one

    hundredyearsafterthedeathoftheprophet,theywere

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