Andalusia, beauty of, 5, 35, 59, conquest of by Arab-Moors, 55.
Angels, accompanying men, 37, 41, 74.
Anthony St., cures inflammations, 107.
Antipodes, existence of, denied by the church, 119.
Antonio Joseph de Silva, burned by the Inquisition, 182-188.
Apothecary, first introduced in Europe by Moors, 111.
Aquinas Thomas St., disturbed by the brazen android of Albertus Magnus,
23; resists Averroism, 157.
Arabs, history of, 48; their skill in the use of martial weapons, 49;
their mental endowments, 49; their skill in training horses, 49; their
hospitality, 49; their change of religion, 49; their religious creed
tinctured with Judaism, 50; influenced by Magian and Sabean creeds, 50;
how affected by teachings of Mohammed, 50; their western movements, 53;
their coalescing with the Moors, 54.
Arab-Moors, their march of conquest, 54; their services to Europe,
105; their contributions to medical science, 110; to the other
sciences, 112, 122; to literature, 123-128; to philosophy, 154-158; to
the industries, 162-167; their great culture causes their political
decline, 171; their last defeat and last surrender, 172; their
deplorable deterioration, 236.
Arabian Nights; stories of their origin, 127.
Archimedes, studies mathematics in Alexandria, 150.
Architecture, beauty of Moorish architecture, 38-40, 59-63.
Ariosto, his debt to Moorish literature, 128.
Aristotelian Philosophy, influenced by Alexandrian learning, 151;
engrafted upon the theology of Jews, 153; propagated by the Jews, 154;
Moors adopt it, 154-155.
Arithmetic, science of, first generally introduced into Europe by
Moors, 114.
Arles, seat of Medical College, 108.
Asceticism, its prevalence, 16.
Astronomy, zealously cultivated by Jews and Moors, 118.
Atmosphere, height of determined by Jews and Moors, 118.
Atomistic philosophy, 151.
Avenzoar, (Ibn Zohr), physician to the court of Seville, 110; his
famous medical work, 110; becomes the medical authority for European
University, 110.
Avicenna (Ibn Sina), his medical work, 110.
B.
BACON ROGER, influenced by Averroism, 158.
Bagdad, a centre of Mohammedan learning, 105-116.
Bajazet, Sultan of Turkey, welcomes exiled Spanish Jews, 212.
Banks, first established by Jews, 166, (note.)
Bechai ben Joseph, author of a celebrated work on Ethics, 137.
Belisarius, opposed by Jews of Naples, 88.
Bills of Exchange, first introduced by Jews, 165, 170. (Note.)
Boabdil el Chico, besieged by Ferdinand and Isabella, 172; his
surrender, 172; begs for clemency, 173.
Boccaccio, borrows from the literature of Moors, 128.
Bookkeeping, introduced by Jews, 166. (Note.)
Bridge of Al Sirat, Mohammedan superstition concerning it, 43.
Bulan, King of Khozars, adopts religion of Jews, 79.
C.
CAABA, great mosque at Mecca, rivalled by the Mezquita of Cordova, 38.
Caliphs, patrons of learning, 125.
Cape of Good Hope, discovered by Jews, 166.
Carpet, weaving of, a specialty of the Moors, 164.
Cassiodorus, his opinion of the Jews, 88.
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