An account of the arrival of the Arabs in Spain, and the civilization they created there. Includes an introduction to Islam and the journey of the Islamic expansion until the Conquest, concentrating on the intellectual activities of Moorish Spain.

Table of Contents

• From Mecca to the Pillars of Hercules [Vol I]
• Mohammed and his Mission [Vol I]
• The Creed of the Prophet [Vol I]
• The First Khalifs [Vol I]
• Musa Ibn Nosseyr [Vol I]
• The Dominion of the Goths [Vol I]
• The Goths: Of their Entrance into Spain [Vol I]
• The Gothic Kingdom established [Vol I]
• Gothic Kings from Leovigild to Witiza [Vol I]
• Witiza and Roderik [Vol I]
• The Aspect of the Gothic Dominion [Vol I]
• Ilyan and the Motives of his Treason [Vol I]
• The Story of Florida, Count Ilyan's Daughter. The Jews [Vol I]
• Some Allegorical Legends [Vol I]
• The Arabian Invasion of Spain [Vol I]
• The Great Expedition of Tarik El Tuerto [Vol I]
• The Armies in Array; The Field of Battle [Vol I]
• The Battle in the Plains of Medina Sidonia, commonly called the Battle of the Guadalete [Vol I]
• The Rapid and Brilliant Progress of Tarik [Vol I]
• Musa crosses the Strait and captures many cities [Vol I]
• Musa's treatment of Tarik [Vol I]
• The Adverse Fortunes of the Moslem Conquerors [Vol I]
• Musa and Tarik ordered to Damascus [Vol I]
• The Punishment of Musa [Vol I]
• The sad story of Abdu-L-'Aziz [Vol I]
• The Germs of the Reconquest and the Northern Movements of the Moslems [Vol I]
• The Congeries of Fugitive Christians in the Nothwest, - Pelayo [Vol I]
• La Cueva De Covadonga [Vol I]
• Movements beyond the Pyrenees [Vol I]
• The Condition of Europe - Charles Martel [Vol I]
• The Check to Northern advance, and the Disorders in Moslem Spain [Vol II]
• The Great Battle between Tours and Poitiers, Oct. 3, 732 [Vol II]
• Comments on the Campaign [Vol II]
• Disorders in the Amirate [Vol II]
• The Overthrow of the Ommeyades at Damascus [Vol II]
• The Weary Wanderings of a Prince in Disguise [Vol II]
• The Dynasty of the Ommeyades in Spain [Vol II]
• Abdu-r-rahman I., called Ad-dakhel, or the Opener [Vol II]
• Trouble from the North [Vol II]
• The "Dolorous Rout" of Roncesvalles [Vol II]
• The Successful Administration of Abdu-r-rahman I. [Vol II]
• The Remaining History in Outline [Vol II]
• The Successors of Abdu-r-rahman [Vol II]
• "The men devoted to God," - Al-morabith [Vol II]
• Rodrigo Diaz, the Cid Campeador [Vol II]
• The Almohades: Their Origin, Success, and Final Overthrow [Vol II]
• The New Kingdom of Granada, from its Establishments to its Extinction [Vol II]
• Arabian Civilization in Spain [Vol II]
• Light from the East. - Haroun Al Raschid [Vol II]
• Social Life: Houses, Customs, and Costumes [Vol II]
• The System of Government [Vol II]
• The Intellectual Developments of the Arab-Moors [Vol II]
• The Arabic Language: Poetry [Vol II]
• Metaphysics, History, and Exact Science [Vol II]
• Geography, Chemistry, and Medicine [Vol II]
• Inventions and Discoveries [Vol II]
• Arabian Art in Spain: Architecture [Vol II]
• Moro-Arabian Art and Libraries: Concluding Summary [Vol II]