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Excerpt from The Treasury of History: Comprising a General Introductory Outline of Universal History, Ancient and Modern, and a Series of Separate Histories of Every Principal Nation Spain was subdued by the Saracens, who formed a new kingdom in the mountains of Asturias - The Moors and Christians arming against each other, laid waste this beautiful country. The seven Saxon kingdoms, which form the Heptarchy, were united by Egbert, who became the first king of En gland but the incursions of the Danes prevented that power from making any considerable figure among the states of Europe. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.