FIG. 19. A HALL IN THE ALHAMBRA. 

 CHAPTER III. 



ARABIAN AND MEDLEVAL SCIENCE. 



HPHE once famous school of Alexandria continued in a state of de- 



- 1 - ^ cadence without sign of revival, while the course of events was 



bringing about the almost complete extinction of philosophy and 



learning m Europe. The division of the Roman empire under Theo- 



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