BATTLE OF TOURS
(732 A.D.): The West was next forced to unite against another invasion from the East. Since Athens and Alexander she had fought within her own borders, but in 732 A.D. she had to meet yet another threat from outside. The Saracens, or Arabs, inspired by Mohammed, had conquered Syria, Egypt, and Africa. They crossed into Spain, and _ threatened Europe over the Pyrenees, They had reduced Rome in the south while the Germanic peoples reduced her in the north. Now they set about the reduction of Europe itself, and its conversion to their faith. Before Europe could begin once again on internecine battles, she must drive back this invader. This she did at Tours, under Charles Martel, or Karl Martell, a Frankish Duke, and at Tours, in what we now know as France, about the tributaries of the River Loire, he saved Europe for the uniting reign of Charlemagne.
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 3, Issue 63, 6 September 1940, Page 9
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